US shutdown : No flights cancel from India to America
US shutdown : No flights cancel from India to America : No flights from India to America have been cancelled, despite of the ripple effect of the United States shut down across the world, the sources say. Although no immediate impact is seen on the travellers yet but the industry players are of the view shutdown will stretch to a longer period of time, it would definitely affect the situation in the near future.
Karan Anand, Head of Relationships at Cox & Kings said "The US government shutdown will have no impact on those travelling from India. Airlines are functioning as per their schedules, the air traffic control, immigration and customs services which are deemed as essential services are not covered by the shutdown."
Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C) at Yatra.com said that the government shutdown could impact travellers planning a trip to the US in the near future." He said that as it would impact air traffic controllers due to that visa processing would also face delays. Resulting in the delay of the passport processing for the US citizens visiting India or other foreign nations, he added.
The US government began shutting down on Saturday, putting thousands of workers on unpaid leave after the senate failed to pass a stopgap budget.
Air India has not cancelled or postponed any flights to the US, a source familiar with the matter said. Air India flies to four US cities daily -- San Francisco, Chicago, Washington and New York. According the information, in New York, it flies to two airports Newark and John F. Kennedy.
- PTC News
