As Govt. of India extends the ban on international flights till February 28, 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, 15,241 repatriation flights were operated by the Air India Group under the Vande Bharat Mission till January 27, carrying over 20.56 lakh passengers. Of these, 7,618 were inbound flights carrying 12.25 lakh passengers and 7,623 were outbound flights with 8.3 lakh fliers.
Here is the repatriation international flights schedule for January 30
Air India & Air India Express repatriation flights scheduled for January 30: Ex-India to foreign stations (in local time)
- Al 1336: Bengaluru (01:30) to Singapore (08:20)
- Al 1901: Hyderabad (06:30) to Mumbai (08:00)
- Al 1901: Mumbai (08:45) to Kuwait (10:35)
- IX 1817: Mangaluru (7:50) to Muscat (9:30)
- IX 1117: Delhi (20:00) to Muscat (21:40)
- IX 1549: Trivandrum (21:00) to Muscat (23:15)
- IX 1741: Kannur (7:30) to Salalah (9:40)
- IX 1675: Trichy (7:15) to Doha (9:10)
- IX 1773: Kannur (20:10) to Doha (21:50)
- IX 1688: Chennai (9:30) to Singapore (16:25)
- IX 1682: Trichy (21:30) to Singapore (4:25)
- IX 1193: Lucknow (10:30) to Dubai (13:30)
- IX 1715: Kannur (9:20) to Abu Dhabi (11:40)
- IX 1435: Kochi (6:15) to Dubai (8:50)
- IX 1383: Mangaluru (15:50) to Dubai (17:40)
- IX 1247: Mumbai (6:25) to Dubai (8:15)
- IX 1345: Kozhikode (7:05) to Dubai (9:30)
- IX 1947: Hyderabad (8:00) to Dubai (10:30)
- IX 1539: Trivandrum (8:20) to Dubai (11:00)
- IX 1643: Chennai (16:10) to Dubai (19:00)
- IX 1611: Trichy (19:40) to Dubai (22:30)
- IX 1141: Delhi (21:30) to Dubai (23:50)
- IX 1743: Kannur (21:50) to Dubai (0:15)
- IX 1137: Delhi (6:40) to Sharjah (9:00)
- IX 1351: Kozhikode (8:55) to Sharjah (11:20)
- IX 1411: Kochi (22:00) to Sharjah (0:30)
- IX 1535: Trivandrum (13:40) to Sharjah (16:20)
- IX 1745: Kannur (20:20) to Sharjah (22:45)
Air India & Air India Express repatriation flights scheduled for January 30: Ex-foreign stations to India (in local time)
- Al 1337: Singapore (09:35) to Bengaluru (11:15)
- Al 1337: Bengaluru (12:30) to Delhi to (15:15)
- Al 1902: Kuwait (11:25) to Vijayawada (18:35)
- Al 1902: Vijayawada (19:10) to Hyderabad (20:10)
- IX 1442: Muscat (2:05) to Kochi (7:15)
- IX 1818: Muscat (10:30) to Bengaluru (15:40)
- IX 1818: Bengaluru (16:25) to Mangaluru (17:25)
- IX 1118: Muscat (22:40) to Jaipur (3:15)
- IX 1742: Salalah (10:40) to Trivandrum (16:10)
- IX 1742: Trivandrum (17:00) to Kannur (18:00)
- IX 1676: Doha (10:10) to Vijayawada (17:10)
- IX 1676: Vijayawada (17:55) to Trichy (19:25)
- IX 1774: Doha (22:50) to Kannur (5:35)
- IX 1681: Singapore (5:25) to Trichy (7:10)
- IX 1683: Singapore (17:25) to Madurai (19:15)
- IX 1683: Madurai (20:00) to Chennai (21:00)
- IX 1114: Abu Dhabi (0:05) to Delhi (4:50)
- IX 1144: 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 1716: Abu Dhabi (12:40) to Kannur (18:00)
- IX 1384: Dubai (9:50) to Mangaluru (14:50)
- IX 1434: Dubai (18:40) to Kochi (0:15)
- IX 1248: Dubai (9:15) to Mumbai (13:45)
- IX 1346: Dubai (10:30) to Kozhikode (16:10)
- IX 1948: Dubai (11:30) to Hyderabad (17:00)
- IX 1540: Dubai (12:00) to Trivandrum (17:40)
- IX 1644: Dubai (20:00) to Chennai (1:35)
- IX 1612: Dubai (23:30) to Trichy (5:15)
- IX 1188: Sharjah (10:00) to Chandigarh (15:00)
- IX 1188: Chandigarh (15:45) to Delhi (16:45)
- IX 1354: Sharjah (12:20) to Kozhikode (18:00)
- IX 1536: Sharjah (17:20) to Trivandrum (23:10)
- IX 1746: Sharjah (23:45) to Kannur (5:15)
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