MIAMI – Indian airline Vistara (UK) continues opening long-haul routes to Europe with a Frankfurt service after the addition of London to its network. Frankfurt will be UK’s second European destination.
The Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) route will start on February 18, 2021. In 2020 there was a boom of new airlines for FRA: Bamboo Airways (QH), Air New Zealand (NZ) and Qantas (QF) are the latest arrivals.
Vistara Boeing 787
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From Delhi to Frankfurt
From February 18, UK’s Boeing 787 aircraft will start flying to FRA twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays. While multiple origins serve London, only Delhi will serve Frankfurt for the time being with the following schedule:
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Passengers check their flights at a departure information board at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Dec. 21, 2020. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
England will require testing from all inbound travelers as France has warned that its restrictions on travelers from the U.K. will remain in place for the foreseeable future. This comes as a U.K. minister raised doubt about the efficacy of vaccines against the new, potent South African variant of the virus.
Travelers into the U.K., including the country’s citizens, will have to submit a coronavirus test taken in the three days before their departure before they are allowed into the country.
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Police escort a group of passengers from the airport’s Covid-19 testing center to their gate at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 21, 2020, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Germany and countries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus was detected there.
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Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain and South Africa until January 6 after a new more infectious coronavirus strain appeared in the two countries.
“The transport ban covers passenger traffic by train, bus, ship, and flights directly from these countries,” the health ministry said in a statement. “The order covers the period from December 22, 2020 until January 6, 2021.”
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Police escort a group of passengers from the airport’s Covid-19 testing center to their gate at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 21, 2020, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Germany and countries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus was detected there.
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Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain and South Africa until January 6 after a new more infectious coronavirus strain appeared in the two countries.
“The transport ban covers passenger traffic by train, bus, ship, and flights directly from these countries,” the health ministry said in a statement. “The order covers the period from December 22, 2020 until January 6, 2021.”
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Passengers line up at a Covid-19 test centre at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 19, 2020, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. – According to press reports, thousands of passengers are expected to travel through the airport in Frankfurt during pre-Christmas days. (Photo by Armando BABANI / AFP)
“Please help us leave!” says a woman in a video shared online, one of dozens of passengers from Britain stranded in German airports on Sunday night.
Countries around the world including Germany, France and Italy have begun banning flights and travellers from the UK after a new strain of coronavirus was detected there.