International Flights Latest News Today: The Lufthansa airline said that the air tickets can be purchased via Travel Portals or swiss.com/Lufthansa.com.
International Flights Latest News: Here comes a piece of fantastic news for the air passengers who are planning to fly to Switzerland and Germany from India. The Lufthansa Group has announced resumption of Swiss International Airlines operations to Mumbai from international destinations starting from January 10 under the Air Bubble agreement.
In a statement, the Lufthansa Group said that it is resuming Lufthansa flights between Delhi and Munich from January 18, 2022. And this is not just this. Lufthansa has also increased Lufthansa frequencies to Frankfurt from India until January 31, 2022.
Flight schedule
As per the announcement, Swiss International Airline has scheduled LX154, from Zurich, Switzerland to Mumbai, India every Monday and Wednesday starting 10 January 2022 and the return flight LX155 from Mumbai to Zurich will be operated on every Wednesday and Friday with effective from 12 January 2022.
| Flight No | Departure | Dep. Time | Arrival | Arr. Time | Freq. | Start Date |
| LX154 | Zurich | 20:20 | Mumbai | 09:05 +1 | Mon, Wed | 10th Jan 22 |
| LX155 | Mumbai | 01:30 | Zurich | 06:20 | Wed, Fri | 12th Jan 22 |
The announcement about the flights came after India and Switzerland signed an air bubble pact earlier this month. The agreement permits both countries to operate a specific number of flights in the wake of Covid-19 curbs across the world.
Flight schedule:
Lufthansa has also announced its flights between India and Germany. As per the updates, the airline will connect Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru with Munich and Frankfurt with special flights operated under air bubble arrangements.
Flights to India:
| Flight No. | Departure | Dep. Time | Arrival | Arr. Time | Days of Dep. |
| LH762 | Munich | 12:15 | Delhi | 00:10 +1 | Tue, Thu (18th- 31st Jan) |
| LH762 | Munich | 16:25 | Delhi | 04:20 +1 | Sun (23rd- 31st Jan) |
| LH760 | Frankfurt | 13:15 | Delhi | 01:30 +1 | Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat |
| LH756 | Frankfurt | 12:10 | Mumbai | 01:00 +1 | Wed, Fri, Sun (01st-16th Jan) |
| LH756 | Frankfurt | 12:10 | Mumbai | 01:00 +1 | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun (17-31 Jan) |
| LH754 | Frankfurt | 12:50 | Bengaluru | 01:55 +1 | Tue, Fri |
The airline said that the air tickets can be purchased via Travel Portals or swiss.com/Lufthansa.com. Moreover, the air passengers need to ensure that they strictly observe the passenger eligibility criteria for these flights at the time of booking.
Flights from India:
| Flight No. | Departure | Dep. Time | Arrival | Arr. Time | Days of Dep. |
| LX155 | Mumbai | 01:30 | Zurich | 06:20 | Wed, Fri (12th-31st Jan) |
| LH763 | Delhi | 01:50 | Munich | 05:45 | Wed, Fri (19th-31st Jan) |
| LH763 | Delhi | 06:00 | Munich | 09:55 | Mon (24th-31st Jan) |
| LH761 | Delhi | 03:35 | Frankfurt | 07:45 | Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun |
| LH757 | Mumbai | 02:55 | Frankfurt | 07:50 | Mon, Thu, Sat (1st-15th Jan) |
| LH757 | Mumbai | 02:55 | Frankfurt | 07:50 | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun (17-31st Jan) |
| LH755 | Bengaluru | 03:35 | Frankfurt | 09:00 | Mon, Fri |
International flight ban:
The air passengers must note that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had on December 1 decided not to resume scheduled international flights from December 15, less than a week after announcing that it would restart the services. However, this suspension won’t apply to international all cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA.
Notably, the scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May 2020 and under bilateral “air bubble” arrangements with selected countries since July 2020.
So far, India has formed air bubble pacts with around 32 countries including the US, the UK, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories.
