Vande Bharat Mission: Air India special flight arrive in Hyderabad from Bahrain
News | May 20, 2020 9:55 ISTAir India Express IX 890 arrived from Bahrain to Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Air India Express IX 890 arrived from Bahrain to Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Air India on Sunday issued clarification regarding news on the resumption of domestic flights by Air India. It said, "Air India flight bookings are currently closed & will resume after receipt of directions from Government of India".
An Air India Express special flight landed at Cochin International Airport in Kerala's Kochi.
Air India on Thursday said that reservation of international flights from India to select destinations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Frankfurt, Paris and Singapore will begin from 5 pm on Thursday.
Air India is all set to fly stranded Indians from one city to another. As per a report published by Times of India, Air India will operate special domestic flights between May 19 and June 2 to help people stranded in various cities get home.
An Air India Express flight brought back 183 passengers stranded in Muscat, said an airline official. According to the official, flight IX 350 flew in and touched down at the Anna International Airport here on the Tuesday late night.
An Air India flight with 331 passengers from Britain landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here early Tuesday. It later took off with another 87 passengers for Delhi, from where they will be airlifted to the US.
Air India office in Delhi has been closed for two days after peon tests positive for coronavirus
All 5 Air India pilots who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier, have now been found negative in the retest on Monday.
Indian passengers arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport to board the Air India flight to Mumbai. The flight will later fly to Ahmedabad.
Nearly 572 Indians who were stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown landed at the Mumbai international airport early Sundaymorning, a Maharashtra government official said.
Some of the Indian nationals stranded in the US due to COVID-19 related international travel restrictions will fly back home on Sunday on a non scheduled commercial flight from New Jersey to Mumbai and Ahmedabad, even as authorities said another five flights have been arranged to repatriate others still stuck in the country.
As many as 5 Air India pilots have tested positive for coronavirus. As per reports, the pilots were found infected during the routire pre-flight test that is carried out 72 hours before they are rostered for the flight duties.
Air India on Wednesday opened bookings for those passengers who meet eligibility criteria and wish to travel from India to London, Singapore & select destinations in the USA on flights operating between 8th May to 14th May.
Air India's repatriation flights under the ‘Vande Bharat’ mission could not be operated on Wednesday as the crew members' COVID-19 tests were not done on time, senior airline officials said.
Air India may partially resume its operations by mid-May, a news agency has reported. According to the agency, it has accessed an internal letter asking pilots and cabin crew to prepare to resume operations once lockdown ends.
Air India chief Rajiv Bansal has been promoted to the secretary-level rank, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Sunday.
Air India opens up international bookings from June 1, 2020 and also opening some select domestic routes from May 4, 2020.
Air India has decided to suspend all operations till May 3 following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 19-day extension in lockdown. PM Modi earlier today said that even though the country had shown resolve in fighting coronavirus, we must follow strict lockdown till May 3 if we want to beat coronavirus.
Top News
Latest News