Lufthansa’s India Spat Highlights Barriers to Long-Haul Return
- German carrier had wanted to step up services to subcontinent
- Asian state spurns plan citing Covid-related curbs in Europe
Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s decision to scrap flights to India following a clash over coronavirus-related travel curbs illustrates just how difficult bringing back inter-continental flights is proving.
Europe’s biggest airline said Tuesday it was pulling 23 weekly flights for the next three weeks after India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation declined to sign off on the schedule. It complained that Germany had imposed stricter entry restrictions leading to an “inequitable distribution of traffic.”