Mumbai: Although Canada has provided an exception to passengers who are fully vaccinated who no longer have to undergo a three-night hotel to stay in a stopover country, the change is a bit of consolation for travelers, especially students, from India.
The Canadian government has not carried out conditions where passengers from India have to undergo RT-PCR tests in third countries, waiting for negative reports before they can take flight to Canada.
All this means that students spend almost Rs 2 lakh on airplane tickets and hotel accommodation.
To add it, on Tuesday, Canada said it would extend a ban from India to September 21.
The prohibition was applied on April 22.
India alone contributed 34.5% of Canada International students.
According to official statistics from the Canadian High Commission in Delhi, for the first two quarters of 2021, almost 45,840 study permits were issued for international students.
Number for 2020 stand at 81.005.
Maria Mathais, a counselor who worked with Canadian University, said most students entered Canada through Mexico.
“But getting tickets with just one stopover is very difficult.
Students pay three to four times normal costs,” he said.
Apart from all this, anxiety among students is far less because its volcanity has clarified that they can take online classes and join campus like and when they can travel.
Travel companies have there-PTTI on changes.
Akbar Travels, for example, ordered Span-Ih plus Ultra Línas Aérea airlines to operate two A340 charter flights next week from Delhi to Mexico City.
“The chair sold out.
In Mexico City, students will live a 3 night stay and RT-PCR tests before they fly to Toronto.
The whole package is priced around Rs 2 Lakh,” said Bhushan Kamble, head of regional sales, Akbar Travels.
Other travel agents say: “Passengers who are fully vaccinated do not need to go for packages that include staying at a three-day hotel.
But the big question is how they can order flights stops without knowing how long it will take for the purpose of transit to issue a test report.” Obble Another is that passengers from India are currently unable to live in Dubai to undergo tests and flights to expensive London.
On Tuesday, the cheapest one-way ticket on the Delhi-Toronto route to travel on August 12 began at Rs 1.51 Lakh (offered by United Airlines).
But it’s not a decent choice because the transit time is only two hours, it is not enough to undergo a test and get a report.
The initial birds also do not have relief.
Jasmeet Kaur, because he joined the University of Guelph, it will fly out on Wednesday, but flight, booked two months ago for more than Lakh, canceled.
“My class starts in September.
But I also don’t have a refund of the airline, it also doesn’t have information about flights,” said Kaur.
Meanwhile, on behalf of students, the Indo Canadian Education Council has submitted a petition of the “unfair” trip limit.