NITN | @notintownlive | 11 May 2020, 10:11 am
Kozhikode/UNI: An Air India flight carrying 177 passengers from Bahrain, under the Vande Bharat mission, the biggest ever repatriation drive in the Aviation history in bringing back Indian nationals stranded abroad amid the international lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, that begun on Thursday last, will be reaching Calicut International Airport here on Friday midnight.
This will be the third flight under the Vande Bharat mission landing at Calicut International airport. The first one from Dubai and the second one from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia carrying Indian nationals had landed here on May 7 and 8 respectively.
According to airport sources, 177 Indians will be on board in the Air India flight, the second evacuation flight from Bahrain under the mission and landing in Kerala. The first flight from Bahrain under the mission with Indian nationals had landed at Cochin International Airport on May 7.
Among the passengers on board the flight reaching here tonight include pregnant women, children and medically emergency persons besides workers who had lost jobs.
On arrival, the passengers will be subjected to thermal scanning and would be directed to the health help desk at the International terminal who will guide the expatriates to move further.
As per extant norms, all the pregnant women and children would be transported to their homes and others would be shifted to Covid-19 care centres in their home districts.
- Over 300 flights cancelled after Tokyo airport collision killing 5; the plane was cleared to land
- New discount membership club from Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways, avail special introductory rates
- Air India deploys newly inducted Boeing 777s in Mumbai-USA routes
- SriLankan Airlines, Emirates forge interline agreement to enhance passenger connectivity
- Malaysia Airlines introduces new services between Kuala Lumpur and three Indian cities
- United Airlines increases non stop flights between New Delhi and New York
- Qatar Airways expands network with inaugural direct flights to Lyon, France
- Air India launches Upgrade+ to simplify purchased cabin upgrades
- American Airlines expands routes and international destination at Miami Airport
- Etihad Airways enhances connectivity with daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Kochi
Tokyo: Airlines were forced to cancel over 300 flights following the collision between a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening even as reports said the plane was cleared to land ahead of the tragedy.
New Delhi/NITN: Regular flyers on Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s low-cost carrier, can now avail a host of discounts and benefits by enrolling for the new membership club introduced by the airline, recently.
Gurugram: Air India, a global airline in India, has initiated the deployment of its recently acquired Boeing 777 aircraft to serve all three non-stop routes from Mumbai to the United States.