Special Relief Flights Between INDIA and UK. Choose connections for USA and CANADA
What Is It About?
- British Airways has started its services to India with services to DEL, BOM, HYD, and BLR
- These flights have started as repartition/relief flights and carry travel restrictions.
- Travelers MUST follow all the guidelines, meet all requirements and fill-up the necessary forms and registrations.
Who Can Travel?
- Only customers meeting the criteria below, can travel between India and the UK on a British Airways flight. Please make sure you qualify before travel:
- Inbound flights to India:
Stranded Indian nationals
- All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and Person Of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders, holding passports of any country may enter India. This is regardless of their passport or travel route.
- All foreign nationals, including their dependents who hold an appropriate visa, excluding those who hold a tourist visa
- All currently suspended visas are restored from 21 October 2020, except electronic visas, tourist visas and medical visas
- Foreign nationals travelling to India for emergency medical treatment may be granted a medical visa. You can find more information here - If you have a domestic connecting flight when arriving into India, you will need to have evidence of a negative PCR COVID-19 test, and have applied for quarantine exemption before you start your journey. This can be completed here.
- Outbound flights from India:
- Stranded UK nationals/residents, foreign nationals transiting through UK or spouses of these persons, whether accompanying or otherwise.
- Indian national holding any type of valid UK visa and destined UK only, Ireland and Cayman Islands.
- Seamen holding Indian passports would be allowed subject to clearance from the Ministry of Shipping.
- Please be aware that Indian Nationals can only travel from India to the UK, Ireland and Cayman Islands and not any further, unless their spouse is a foreign national or they are seaman travelling with authorised documentation.
What Else Do You Need To Know?
- Please check the entry requirements for your destination to ensure you can travel.
- Once the customer is done with flight booking, he MUST complete the process and forms here.
- All customers travelling on services ex UK are required to register with the Indian High Commission in London, this includes any customers in transit from other countries e.g. YYZ-LON-DEL customer MUST register with the Indian High Commission in London and complete all forms as detailed on britishairways.com
- Departures Ex India: Customers also required to fill up UK Passenger Locator Form and download the airport form from britishariways.com which must be completed and printed before arrival at the airport
- Country guidelines and Airline policies may change at any time, without any prior notice, therefore it is suggested to check the regulatory website of the country you are traveling to, for all the latest updates.
Special Instructions For Passengers While Boarding British Airways Flights
- Check-in through an online process
- Download boarding pass and self-scan at the departure gate wherever possible.
- Use mask, maintain social distance, and carry your own hand sanitizer
- Use contactless and automated features at lounges on airport
- Use online food and drink service
- Use of mask throughout the journey and changing them for longer flights
- Make sure to keep essentials in hand luggage before departure and keep it under the seat
- Not to travel in case of any symptoms of COVID-19
Safety Measures Taken By Airline
- All cabin crew staff will wear PPE Kit
- New foodservice has been launched to reduce physical contact
- Surfaces including seats, screens, seat buckles, and tray tables will be sanitized after every trip including the whole aircraft
- The air on all BA flights is fully recycled every 2-3 minutes through HEPA filters to remove all microscopic bacteria and virus clusters.
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