The couple has been separated by coronavirus rules in two countries. And they're not alone.
urged prospective passengers to monitor Air India's website and social media account for the sale.
Air India said tickets for the two flights went to passengers who were bumped from previous flights -- and even then, numbers were limited. Charter flights need permission from the Australian Border Force to land -- and right now, none have been approved, Patel says.to allow 300 international students to fly into Adelaide in September, to help prop up the struggling university sector."There's no shortcut being granted to these international students who will come in this pilot," Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham told the.
"They're saying, you know, to come home. After everything failed for me, I thought I'd go home, but then I couldn't."Robert Lepcha, his wife and their two-year-old daughter are stranded in Sikkim, in northeast India. The trio had planned to return to Australia in the new year, after visiting extended family.
Even if he could find a flight from New Delhi, Lepcha is anxious about taking his wife and child to the Indian capital, a four-hour flight away.Of more than three million Covid-19 cases, more than 161,000 are in New Delhi, where there have been 4,300 deaths, according toOn Friday, the Australian Prime Minister said the government was exploring ways to provide more help to Australians stranded overseas. Until then, for many, there's no option but to wait.
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