Travel eligibility
Only customers meeting the criteria below, can travel between India and the UK on a British Airways flight. Please make sure you qualify before travel:
Inbound flights to India:
Stranded Indian nationals.
- All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and Person Of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders, holding passports of any country may enter India. This is regardless of their passport or travel route.
- All foreign nationals, including their dependents who hold an appropriate visa, excluding those who hold a tourist visa
- All currently suspended visas are restored from 21 October 2020, except electronic visas, tourist visas and medical visas
- Foreign nationals travelling to India for emergency medical treatment may be granted a medical visa. You can find more information here
Outbound flights from India:
You must check if you are eligible to travel from India
You will not be allowed to board your flight if do not meet these requirements.
Indian nationals
Please be aware that Indian nationals can only travel from India to the UK, Ireland and Cayman Islands and must hold a valid visa.
India nationals are not allowed to travel further to any other countries, unless their spouse is a foreign national or they are a seaman travelling with authorized documentation from the Ministry of Shipping.
UK & Foreign nationals
Stranded UK nationals or residents,
foreign nationals transiting through UK or spouses of these persons, whether accompanying or not,
are allowed to travel.
You can find out more by reviewing the
travel requirements by country.
If you are eligible to travel
- You must have a negative RT-PCR test report with a QR code to board flights departing from lndia.
- You must complete a passenger locator form to board a flight to London.