As Govt. of India extends the ban on international flights till January 31, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on 31st Dec announced Phase 9 of its Vande Bharat Mission.
The Govt. of India on May 06, 2020, has started the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ to repatriate Indians stranded all over the world due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
As per the schedule published on the MEA website, the VBM Phase 9 has started on 1st Jan and will continue till 31st Dec.
Indian national carrier Air India and its wholly-owned subsidiary Air India Express have also announced their schedule for the month of January 2021.
Under the Vande Bharat Mission Phase 9, India will operate over 1600 flights from 24 countries which includes Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UAE, and the USA.
As per the Ministry of Civil Aviation, 15,061 repatriation flights were operated by the Air India Group under the Vande Bharat Mission till January 25, carrying over 20.31 lakh passengers. Of these, 7,527 were inbound flights carrying 12.12 lakh passengers and 7,534 were outbound flights with 8.18 lakh fliers.
Here is the repatriation international flights schedule for January 28
Air India & Air India Express repatriation flights scheduled for January 28: Ex-India to foreign stations (in local time)
- Al 1123: Delhi (15:30) to Rome (19:20)
- Al 1901: Hyderabad (06:30) to Mumbai (08:00)
- Al 1901: Mumbai (08:45) to Kuwait (10:35)
- IX 1337: Kozhikode (7:35) to Muscat (9:30)
- IX 1817: Mangaluru (7:50) to Muscat (9:30)
- IX 1217: Mumbai (10:20) to Muscat (11:30)
- IX 1917: Hyderabad (22:30) to Muscat (0:30)
- IX 1445: Kochi (10:40) to Salalah (13:00)
- IX 1773: Kannur (7:45) to Doha (9:25)
- IX 1682: Trichy (21:30) to Singapore (4:25)
- IX 1193: Lucknow (10:30) to Dubai (13:30)
- IX 1115: Delhi (7:00) to Abu Dhabi (9:15)
- IX 1637: Chennai (8:30) to Abu Dhabi (11:15)
- IX 1419: Kochi (9:00) to Abu Dhabi (11:30)
- IX 1363: Kozhikode (19:00) to Abu Dhabi (21:10)
- IX 1937: Hyderabad (9:30) to Abu Dhabi (12:05)
- IX 1639: Trichy (9:45) to Abu Dhabi (12:20)
- IX 1435: Kochi (6:15) to Dubai (8:50)
- IX 1383: Mangaluru (15:50) to Dubai (17:40)
- IX 1345: Kozhikode (7:05) to Dubai (9:30)
- IX 1539: Trivandrum (13:50) to Dubai (16:30)
- IX 1611: Trichy (19:40) to Dubai (22:30)
- IX 1247: Mumbai (21:25) to Dubai (23:15)
- IX 1141: Delhi (21:30) to Dubai (23:50)
- IX 1641: Chennai (22:00) to Dubai (0:50)
- IX 1743: Kannur (21:50) to Dubai (0:15)
- IX 1535: Trivandrum (19:45) to Sharjah (22:25)
- IX 1351: Kozhikode (18:10) to Sharjah (20:35)
- IX 1411: Kochi (22:00) to Sharjah (0:30)
Air India & Air India Express repatriation flights scheduled for January 28: Ex-foreign stations to India (in local time)
- Al 1902: Kuwait (11:25) to Vijayawada (18:35)
- Al 1902: Vijayawada (19:10) to Hyderabad (20:10)
- IX 1554: Muscat (0:15) to Trivandrum (5:35)
- IX 1616: Muscat (0:50) to Trichy (6:10)
- IX 1350: Muscat (10:30) to Kozhikode (15:30)
- IX 1818: Muscat (10:30) to Bengaluru (15:40)
- IX 1818: Bengaluru (16:25) to Mangaluru (17:25)
- IX 1218: Muscat (12:30) to Vijayawada (17:35)
- IX 1218: Vijayawada (18:20) to Mumbai (19:40)
- IX 1444: Salalah (14:00) to Kozhikode (19:05)
- IX 1444: Kozhikode (20:05) to Kochi (21:05)
- IX 1774: Doha (10:25) to Kannur (17:10)
- IX 1681: Singapore (5:25) to Trichy (7:10)
- IX 1142: Dubai (0:50) to Delhi (5:50)
- IX 1194: Dubai (1:15) to Lucknow (6:40)
- IX 1744: Dubai (14:30) to Kannur (19:35)
- IX 1112: Abu Dhabi (10:15) to Amritsar (14:55)
- IX 1112: Amritsar (15:40) to Delhi (16:40)
- IX 1816: Abu Dhabi (12:15) to Mangaluru (17:35)
- IX 1816: Mangaluru (18:35) to Chennai (19:55)
- IX 1348: Abu Dhabi (12:30) to Kozhikode (17:50)
- IX 1452: Abu Dhabi (22:10) to Kochi (3:25)
- IX 1938: Abu Dhabi (13:05) to Vijayawada (18:45)
- IX 1938: Vijayawada (19:30) to Hyderabad (20:50)
- IX 1640: Abu Dhabi (13:20) to Trichy (19:00)
- IX 1384: Dubai (9:50) to Mangaluru (14:50)
- IX 1434: Dubai (18:40) to Kochi (0:15)
- IX 1346: Dubai (10:30) to Kozhikode (16:10)
- IX 1540: Dubai (17:30) to Trivandrum (23:10)
- IX 1612: Dubai (23:30) to Trichy (5:15)
- IX 1536: Sharjah (23:25) to Trivandrum (5:15)
- IX 1354: Sharjah (21:35) to Kozhikode (3:15)
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