Air India to operate 64 flights to 12 countries to bring Indians home

Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad amid the Covid-19-induced lockdown, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Tuesday. The minister said those availing of the facility would be charged. He said private airlines of Indian may join the repatriation effort after May 13. A passenger on a London-Delhi flight will be charged Rs 50,000 and on a Dhaka-Delhi flight Rs 12,000, the minister said. These 64 flights would be conducted by Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express to repatriate Indians from 12 countries, namely, UAE, the UK, the US, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. On arrival, all passengers will be screened and put under quarantine for a period of 14 days as a Covid-19 precautionary measure, Puri said.<br/>