India to send seven flights to Australia to bring back Indians between May 21 and May 28
Pollution levels in Delhi worst this year, air quality stays in very poor category. (Photo: Reuters). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
CANBERRA, May 13, 2020, India Today. India will operate seven special flights starting May 21 to bring back Indians stranded in Australia due to the coronavirus travel restrictions, the Indian High Commission in Canberra announced on Wednesday (May 13), India Today reported.
“In the first phase of this Mission, Air India will operate the following special flights from Australia to various cities in India from May 21st to 28th 2020,” a notification said. It said that as the seats were limited, passengers with the most compelling cases were being given priority.
Over 240 stranded Indians on Wednesday boarded the special Air India flight at the Dulles International Airport in the US to fly back home as part of India’s biggest ever repatriation exercise amid the travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, said so far 28,000 Indian citizens stranded in the US have expressed their interest in travelling back to India. The first flight from the US flew from San Francisco on Sunday. The last flight in this first phase is slated to fly from Chicago on May 15. Around 2,000 Indian nationals are likely to fly back in this phase.
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