Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Bhopal
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 19h 55m
The cheapest ticket to the United States from Bhopal found in the last 72 hours was $1,061 one-way, and $1,152 round-trip. The most popular route is from Bhopal to Chicago, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $910.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Travelers must complete a disclosure and attestation form before departure.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Travelers arriving in New York State must complete the Traveler Health Form.
Travelers arriving in Massachusetts must complete the Massachusetts Health Form.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Cons: "Late late"
Pros: "comfortable and friendly service"
Cons: "Improve food quality"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Fix the tv screens on the seat none If them worked in our section!!"
Pros: "------"
Cons: "----'z"
Pros: "Me and my wife paid for extra legroom seats but was denied seating to our assigned seats because the staff printed the boarding pass with the wrong seat assignment in them. The head of ground crew told us that either we fly or we need to onboard the plane.."
Pros: "Food. Clean linen. The Vanity bag"
Cons: "Poor selection of movies. Bed was not very comfortable."
Pros: "Very good service, specious legroom in economy class, tasty food and helpful staff"
Cons: "Nothing much"
Pros: "Flight operated well on-time Boarding, check-in and baggage collection were smooth and well organized."
Cons: "- Non-functional in-flight entertainment system. - Milk based dessert served in the last run of flight was stale. - Edge of seat next to foot rest was broken, and its sharp edge chipped my foot - Food tray was so loose, I had to lift it from below to keep it level while eating food. - There was litter(spoon, empty bottle, tissue paper) next to my seat. - Flight was not clean."
Pros: "timing"
Cons: "eats and arm rest not working not clean entertainment system not working no ADL kit springs poking into the back"
Cons: "Didn’t like the food ...."
Cons: "our tv monitors didn't work in our both flights so we were not happy at all. food - side dishes are more than rice so food is not sufficient to even kids, forget about adults.. air hostess won't even greet to everyone. they kind of choose people"
Cons: "My screen did not work even after repeated restarts"
Pros: "The staff is wonderful. They are very kind and genuinely interested in your experience."
Cons: "Everything is broken. USB ports, remotes, ancient entertain systems didn’t work either. Couldn’t even turn on my overhead light to read. Not a great way to spend 15.5 hrs on a plane."
Pros: "Only thing I like was check in New Yorke was smooth"
Cons: "Flight to India was messy aircraft was dirty people was leaving there empty food trays on the floor on empty areas because they were not coming to collect empty plates I have pictures of dirty trays on the floor flight from New Delhi to jfk I did not receive one of my luggage the lady at claims was extremely rude"
Pros: "Food is good, lots of water given on plane."
Cons: "No movies due to broken seat monitor becomes a real issue on a 15 hour flight. The plane looked poorly maintained (many broken seats etc) and the employees at Delhi airport were either poorly trained or too few in number to deal with passenger volume to be effective. They were so slow at check In I thought I may miss my flight."
Pros: "Nothing. Food was ok."
Cons: "Most of the televisions (the only source of entertainment in flight) were out of order or the sound was not working. The staff was not even courteous to reply back politely to problems in the flight. The bathrooms were gross with no toilet papers."
Cons: "The consoles are not responsive and are often broken. It's hard to use them effectively."
Cons: "The airport staff, their knowledge and treatment towards travelers was pathetic."
Cons: "poor"
Cons: "Even after providing infant food option at time.of booking and selecting the same, there was no infant food in more than 12 hour journey and provided food was.spice so infant could not eat. This was SHOCKING and UNACCEPTABLE"
Pros: "Crew members"
Cons: "Broken handsets, buttons missing. Two of our tv sets were broken on a 14 hour journey with two kids thats brutal. I don't know whats the deal is but every flight that I take of air india from nyc to india or back ALWAYS has a restroom that doesn't work. The one at the back doesn't have water. ALWAYS. How is it possible to take off on an aircraft on a 14 hour journey with no water in the restroom. HOW?"
Cons: "Entertainment consoles were not working on both flights. Food service tray was broken. Staff's attitude was very bad."
Cons: "Very good"
Cons: "Everything was great expect tv was not working well!!"
Pros: "It is a direct flight to NYC!"
Cons: "The laziness of crew and their attitude. The paucity of snacks and food . The limited entertainment on board."
Pros: "I head 3 seats so very comfortable. No toilet paper in one bathroom.kid"
Pros: "Same as above."
Cons: "Same as above."
Cons: "The bathrooms was stinking on this long haul flight and the full flight was smelling like hell from boarding to landing"
Pros: "Food.. Couteous staff"
Cons: "The entertainment control panels on the screen did not work and handheld had missing buttons. Lost mu bag. Was left behind in New York Someone could have looked for me and informed me but after waiting gor 70 minutes on the caroussel looking for it I filed a report. They must have known in the 18 hours I was tracelling that the bag had been left behind.. Would have saved my family and me a lot of aggravation."
Pros: "Direct flight"
Cons: "Everything else."
Pros: "not much"
Cons: "horrible food, limited involvement of the flight attendants with the passengers and their needs, mechanical and uninterested"
Pros: "Upgrade to business. Totally worth it considering it's a direct flight."
Pros: "Food ... lunch was excellent"
Cons: "Wrong boarding and immigration announcement"
Pros: "Fed a ton"
Cons: "Old plane"
Pros: "Air India is the best airline ever"
Pros: "See above"
Cons: "Terrible.simply terrible.buns,"
Cons: "the entertainment did not work, bathroom were not clean,"
Cons: "staff and crew is not all friendly, Tv's don't work most of the time, seat comfortness is also not that good."
Pros: "Nothing. Food and comfort was average."
Cons: "My entertainment system didn't work. I told many crew members about it and after some 5 times they "reset" it. But it still didn't work. It's probably not their fault but I hate that they took like 8 HOURS to tell me that. Then I asked them if there is an empty seat with a working entertainment system. They again took hours and I had to ask so many different ppl so many times to change my seat. Finally, during the last hour of my flight, they changed my aisle seat to a middle seat. BUT THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM STILL DIDNT WORK. Absolutely horrendous. I want a refund!"
Pros: "Everything isok when back delhi to jfk one airhostes bad attitude"
Pros: "Air India was great for both international & domestics flights. AI planes are in bad need of refurbishing but the staff, service and food was excellent."
Cons: "Interior of the plane needs some refurbishing."
Pros: "Nothing really."
Pros: "Non stop flight"
Cons: "Poorly msintained aircrsfts. Smellled of milddew"
Pros: "Little to like"
Cons: "On a long haul when the staff is not doing a great job the plane starts to get dirty very quickly."
Cons: "Reducing the second check-in baggage size is horrible. Both bags should be allowed to of size 62 inches."
Cons: "Seats too tight for a long flight - food was spicy hot - toilets ran out of toilet paper and crew did not replenish, had to use tissues"
Cons: "Please call for details it was a pathetic flight an scrappy service"
Pros: "On time Boarding and arrival"
Cons: "Food"
Cons: "Very uncomfortable back rest, I could feel the iron mesh on my back. There is no cushioning at all."
Airlines flying from Bhopal have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Bhopal
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Bhopal
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Bhopal
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Bhopal
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Bhopal