Air India to run two additional flights under Vande Bharat Mission for evacuation of Indians from Germany

Air India on Saturday announced that it will run two additional flights under the Vande Bharat Mission on July 21 and 23 for the evacuation of Indians from Germany.

"#FlyAI: Air India will operate two additional flights under #VBM on 21st & 23rd July connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, & Kochi with FRANKFURT, Germany. Bookings will open on 13th July from 1400hrs IST on our website http://airindia.in," Air India tweeted.

On July 21, the Air India flight will operate on the Mumbai-Frankfurt-Mumbai-Hyderabad-Chennai route.

On July 23, the Air India flight will operate on the Delhi-Frankfurt-Delhi-Bengaluru-Kochi route.

As many as 5,80,000 Indians have been evacuated from different countries under the Vande Bharat Mission as of July 8.

In a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava announced that 637 international flights have already been scheduled in the ongoing fourth phase of the mission.

"Phase 4 of Vande Bharat Mission is underway. Under this phase, 637 international flights have already been scheduled & these flights would service 29 airports in India," Srivastava said.

"As on 8th July 2020, against a total number of 6,61,352 persons who registered their request with our Missions abroad for repatriation to India, over 5,80,000 have returned under this mission," he added.

( With inputs from ANI )