Ministry removes restriction on flights between India & Ukraine to evacuate citizens

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The civil aviation ministry has removed the restriction on the number of flights and seats between India and Ukraine to facilitate the easy evacuation of students and professionals stranded in crisis-hit Ukraine. An official of the civil aviation ministry said Indian airlines have been asked to increase the number of flights as there is a surge in the demand with Russia advancing towards Ukraine. India has asked its nationals in Ukraine to leave the country but there are no flights available before February 20. ndia and Ukraine have a travel bubble agreement under which both countries can operate a certain number of flights per week. These travel bubble agreements were necessitated by the pandemic when international travel was suspended. But now thousands of Indians are stranded in Ukraine, the ministry has decided to do away with the cap it earlier imposed. This means airlines can operate any number of flights. Chartered flights can also be operated between India and Ukraine.

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