Foreigners Barred From Entering Kingdom of Saudi Over Coronavirus Scare, IndiGo Offers Full Refund

In mild of the worldwide outbreak of Coronavirus, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has briefly suspended the entry of non-Saudis into the Kingdom with Tourist visas. And in mild of the identical, funds air-carrier IndiGo has introduced that it’ll refund the ticket quantity of all of the impacted passengers who had been travelling to the Kingdom. The unfold of the lethal Coronavirus has affected flight operations of a number of carriers disrupting each home and worldwide routes equally.

In an identical transfer, Vistara has introduced the cancellation of a number of of its flights as a consequence of Coronavirus. As a outcome, 20 flights between Delhi and Bangkok, 26 flights between Mumbai and Singapore and eight flights between Delhi and Singapore might be cancelled in March 2020. Customers booked on any of the cancelled flights can both go for a full refund (no cancellation price) or change to alternate options dates freed from value (no re-issuance price).

On Tuesday, he tiny island nation of Bahrain suspended flights to the world’s busiest airport for worldwide journey in Dubai on Tuesday over fears in regards to the unfold of a brand new virus. The transfer by Bahrain, a small island off the coast of Saudi Arabia, advised its monarchy had doubts about screenings of incoming passengers in Dubai and close by Sharjah within the United Arab Emirates. It mentioned the ban was quick and would final a minimum of 48 hours. Bahrain counted its first case of the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 sickness on Monday in a faculty bus driver who transited Dubai whereas coming from Iran.

Dubai International Airport didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Officials at Sharjah’s airport couldn’t be instantly reached. Dubai has been screening passengers on incoming flights from China, the place the outbreak started. Long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad are among the many few worldwide airways nonetheless flying to Beijing. However, the outbreak in Iran solely grew to become public in current days.