Two days after the Indian government stated that passengers coming from UAE from March 18 onward would be quarantined for 14 days compulsorily, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways on Wednesday announced a reduction in its flights to India.
The full-service carrier, which also announced reduction of flights to various other countries due to coronavirus pandemic, said it would be conducting triple-daily flights on the Abu Dhabi-Delhi route instead of four flights in a day from March 19 to March 28.
Etihad Airways said flights on the Abu Dhabi-Mumbai route would also be reduced from four-daily flights to triple-daily flights from March 19 to April 30.
It said the flights to Bengaluru would be reduced from twice-daily to one flight per day from March 20 to April 30.
The airline has also removed one frequency on the Abu Dhabi-Cochin and Abu Dhabi-Hyderabad routes from March 20 to April 30.
On the Abu Dhabi-Chennai route, the frequency would be reduced from twice-daily to daily from March 30 to April 30, Etihad Airways added.
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