Ajay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, SpiceJet during a press conference in Gurugram.

SpiceJet starts facilitating Covid-19 tests for passengers in India, UAE

SpiceJet has began facilitating Covid -19 testing for its passengers in India and the UAE with the assistance of VFS Global, a press launch issued by the airline stated on Tuesday. “As the Covid -19 negative test report has become mandatory for passengers, especially for international travel, there are rising apprehensions among travellers regarding the entire process of complying with various pre-travel requirements,” it stated.

Passengers can submit their samples at a “location of choice”, together with at dwelling, utilizing the “At your Doorstep” service, the airline stated, including that the appointment reserving service for testing is being provided by VFS Global. The test reviews can be despatched by the related laboratory to the registered electronic mail handle of the person inside 24 to 60 hours, guaranteeing confidentiality of the consequence, the discharge stated.

In India, the passengers can go to an ICMR-approved laboratory in Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Pune to offer the samples, the discharge stated. It talked about that the Covid -19 test charges in India can be in accordance with the regulated costs set by native authorities our bodies and the identical charges will apply for youngsters and adults.

“Passengers travelling from the UAE may submit their test samples at the partnered certified laboratory in Ajman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Sharjah or at a location of choice within the UAE. The test prices will start as low as AED 160 for both children and adults,” the discharge stated. Scheduled worldwide flights have been suspended in India since March 23 as a result of coronavirus-triggered lockdown.

However, particular worldwide passenger flights have been working within the nation below the Vande Bharat Mission since May and below bilateral air bubble preparations fashioned with different nations since July. The nation began the scheduled home passenger flights on May 25 after a niche of two months as a result of coronavirus pandemic.

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