NEW DELHI: Flight services between India and the United Kingdom (UK) resumed partially on Friday, after being suspended for 16 days.
An Air India flight carrying 256 passengers landed in Delhi from London a while ago.
The government had suspended flights to and from UK on December 23 in wake of new and more infectious strain of coronavirus.
Flight operations from India to UK restarted from January 6, while services from UK to India resumed today.
All passengers travelling on these flights are required to take an RT-PCR test up to 72 hours before boarding the flight and also on arrival.
Passengers have also been advised to maintain a gap of minimum 10 hours between their international flights' estimated time of arrival and the connecting domestic flights' time of departure.
Civil aviation minister had announced that only 30 flights per week will be allowed to operate between the two countries till January 23.