BBC News 28 May 2021
More than 42,000 passengers flew between India and the UK in April, figures from the Civil Aviation Authority show.
The authority has not provided a breakdown of which passengers were travelling from India to the UK and how many from the UK to India.
During April non-essential travel was banned from the UK and those arriving were expected to quarantine. People were allowed to travel abroad for a limited number of reasons, such as education or work.
India was put on the red list from 23 April over concerns of the variant that was first found there. This means only UK residents would be allowed into the UK from India and they must pay for 11 days of quarantine at a hotel.
Pakistan and Bangladesh were put on the red list on 9 April and the UK government has been criticised for not putting India on the list at the same time.
The Indian government limited the number of flights between the UK and India to 30 a week in January over fears of the UK variant. These limitations were still in place in April.
