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The government will operate 64 flights between May 7 and 13 to take home nearly 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus blockade.
India’s repatriation exercise began on Thursday, with two flights landing in Kerala. An Air India flight from Abu Dhabi landed at Cochin International Airport around 10 p.m., half an hour before another landed at Kozhikode Airport from Dubai. Together, they brought more than 400 passengers home.
On Thursday, passengers who landed in Kochi and Kozhikode arrived home with an unusual welcome. Instead of the crowds of family members crowding the arrivals gate, they were greeted by officials and health workers who were standing in personal protective equipment at the disinfected terminal.
In one of the largest evacuation exercises called the “Vande Bharat Mission”, the government will operate 64 flights from May 7 to 13 to bring home nearly 14,800 Indian citizens stranded abroad due to the coronavirus blockade.
India will send 10 flights to the UAE, seven flights each to the US. USA And the United Kingdom, five flights to Saudi Arabia, five to Singapore and two to Qatar to repatriate Indian citizens, said Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
During this period, India will also send seven flights each to Malaysia and Bangladesh, five flights to Kuwait and the Philippines, two flights to Oman and Bahrain, Puri added.
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