Many people in India are fleeing in fear of catching or dying from Covid – 19.
Photo: MANJUNATH KIRAN / Getty Images
India is experiencing a second wave of Covid – 19 that is leading people to extreme situations. The country accumulates more of 21 millions of infections and around 238, 000 Dead people.
The situation is so desperate that people are doing everything to raise money and leave the country. Kanika Tekriwal, executive director of the private flight company JetSetGo, pointed out that it is no longer only the millionaires of India who are fleeing to the Maldives or Dubai.
The executive of the airline told CNBC that JetSetGo has experienced an increase in 900% on bookings in recent weeks, with a 70% or 80% from the upper middle class , instead of your regular customers who are millionaires.
“To say that only rich Indians leave India in private jets would be wrong,” Tekriwal commented. Most of those leaving the country go to the Maldives , which currently offers quarantine in an isolated complex for passengers arriving from India, or to Dubai, which e allows the entry of foreigners for commercial reasons.
“They are simply people who are raising money to leave the country. I think They are the ones who fear Covid the most because they are not the ultra-rich nor the most accessible to attention “said the executive.
The CEO explained that JetSetGo has maintained prices even in the emergency and that the rent for an eight-seater jet to Maldives costs between $ 18, and $ 20, 000 or $ 31, 000 by a jet six-seater trips to Dubai , trips that are not cheap, especially for the upper middle class of India, who earn about $ 14, 000 by year.
The airline’s board of directors comments that their customers have told them that prefer to spend six months of salary or even their savings in escaping the country, than to pay for a hospital bed, if they can get it.
Tekriwal pointed out that Hospitalization in India costs about $ 2, 500 per night , so if you have two family members in the hospital for 14 days, the price doubles compared to l or that it costs to fly to Dubai.
He added that passengers who test positive for Covid – 19 are not accepted on their regular flights . However, the company offers a separate national and international air ambulance service.
Despite the fact that JetSetGo applies mandatory sanitary measures such as regular disinfection of aircraft and the absence of interaction between passengers and crew, the 28% of its staff have tested positive for the virus .
With information from CNBC
You too You may be interested in:
South Carolina and Montana plan to suspend unemployment benefits to get people back to work
Mr Beast, e he youtuber who found the formula to become a millionaire by giving away money
