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Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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Details of Repatriation Flights to India from UK (updated May 15)

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Repatriation flights to India from the UK will start on May 7, 2020. Here are the details of the flights between May 7-14 which will be operating to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad from London Heathrow in the week starting May 7, 2020.

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Details of Repatriation Flights to India from USA (updated May 15)

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Air India will operate flights from various American airports, such as San Francisco, New York JFK and Washington DC to Delhi from May 19, 2020, onwards in Phase 2 of the Vande Bharat Mission. Here is how to get in on one of these flights.

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Qatar Airways’ new reschedule policy is crazy generous

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Qatar Airways new travel booking policy sets a new benchmark in terms of flexibility being offered to customers for international travel. Not just is it making you an offer to book travel now, you can also change destinations later if your trip does not take off as intended.

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Evacuation Flights from India to Malaysia/ Singapore / UK / USA / Bahrain / Qatar [bookable on Air India/Express] (May 13 Update)

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Here is a comprehensive list of all the evacuation flights from India being operated by Air India at the moment, for travel to the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore.

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Air India’s Vande Bharat Phase 2 start May 19: Over 100 Flights to 31 countries including Canada, Central Asia, Australia, Thailand planned

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The second phase of the Vande Bharat mission is scheduled to start on May 19 and go on till June 2,2020. In this phase, over 80 flights are planned from 24 countries across the globe at the moment, including in Europe, Central Asia and South East Asia.

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