The Vand Bharat Mission (VBM) phase 6 commencing from next month, Air India has put out a list of the repatriation flights it will be operating under it.
From September 1 to October 1, 2020, the national carrier will be operating 31 flights to and 31 flights from India.
Air India Gearing Up For Phase 6 of Vande Bharat Mission!
The destination countries for Air India’s flights for VBM 6.0 include China and Canada. The cities include Shanghai, Vancouver, and Toronto as of now.
Meanwhile, 50 repatriation flights under the recently-established bilateral air bubbles will be operated by Air India till October 23 to destinations including London, Frankfurt, US, and the Maldives.
Read on to check the entire flight schedule by Air India…
The Air Bubbles With Other Countries Will Increase?
With the intention to bring back the stranded Indians in different countries all over the globe, the government launched the ‘Vande Bharat’ evacuation mission on May 7.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the phase 5 of the VBM was presently underway and under this from August 1-12, 300 international flights and 70 domestic feeders have been operated reaching 22 airports across India.
Based on the demand, flights have been added for repatriation from Armenia, Bangladesh, Japan, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Ukraine, he said.
He added that the number of flights from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and South East Asia has been further increased.
On bilateral air bubbles, Srivastava said, “Similar arrangements with others, including our neighboring countries, are expected soon. Yesterday, we announced a travel bubble arrangement with the Maldives.”
In an online media briefing Srivastava said, “Earlier this week on August 11, we crossed the one million-mark under the Vande Bharat Mission. As of date, a total of about 10.5 lakh stranded Indians have returned through various modes under this mission.”
He said that around 500 international flights are scheduled to be operated this month.
Click here to check the phase 6 Air India repatriation flight schedule.
Click here to check the Air India Air Bubble Flight schedule.
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