Domestic carriers, including newly-launched AirAsia India and regional airline Costa too have lowered their fares through these offers
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
India's largest airline has also told its crew members -- who are working on flights connecting India with East Asian countries like Thailand and Singapore -- to wear N95 masks at all times when they are on ground.
A number of countries like Canada, Turkey, Belgium, Italy and Israel have banned flights from the UK as the British government warned that the potent new strain of the virus was "out of control" and imposed a stringent new stay-at-home lockdown from Sunday.
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