Air transport bubble agreement comes into effect between India and Thailand

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Indian and Thai airlines are now permitted to operate flights, carrying selected categories of passengers on such flights. With this, India has air bubble agreements with 37 countries, which includes, Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, United Kingdom, USA, and Uzbekistan. 

The Indian government had earlier that they had a proposal from 10 countries to sign the air bubble agreement including Thailand. India has created an air bubble arrangement with Thailand. Indian carriers and carriers of Thailand are now permitted to operate flights between India and Thailand and carry passengers on flights defined in the agreement.

Traffic carried to/from India shall comprise of passengers originating from/destined to Thailand only, and similarly, traffic carried to/from Thailand shall comprise of passengers originating from/destined to India only, according to the statement on the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) website.