Air India readies repatriation flights to London, Singapore, US

National carrier Air India has opened bookings for those passengers who meet the eligibility criteria and wish to travel from India to London, Singapore and select destinations in the United States on flights that will operate between May 8 to May 14, a statement from the airline said.

“We would like to inform all those who wish to travel from India to London, Singapore and select destinations in the USA on Air India flights operating between May 8 and May 14 to click on http://www.airindia.in/r1landingpage.htm for booking. Passengers are requested to read the eligibility criteria carefully as available on the link and proceed further for booking only if they meet the same,” the Air India statement read.

The flights scheduled for Thursday under the ‘Vande Bharat’ mission will fly from Kochi to Abu Dhabi, Delhi to Singapore and Calicut to Dubai.

The first scheduled flight under India’s massive mission to bring back stranded Indians from abroad is likely to be the one from New Delhi to Singapore on Thursday.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that a person who has an OCI card, or has held the citizenship of a foreign country, or held a valid visa of more than one year of that country, or had the green card of that country, can travel on the repatriation flight leaving from India.