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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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Tom Hanks’ “The Terminal” plays out at Delhi Airport: German inside airport for over 50 days

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Meet the real-life Viktor Navorski, a German national who has been living in the transit area of Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 for over 50 days now, as he got stuck while transiting the Delhi Airport on his way to Istanbul.

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Repatriation flights Phase 2: More flights across Europe and Asia expected in coming days

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In the second phase of the repatriation flights to India, the Government is planning a much bigger scale, almost double than phase 1, and many more airports where Indian carriers don’t even operate for the moment.

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Avianca files for bankruptcy protection; LifeMiles are safe as of now

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Avianca, the Latin American Star Alliance member airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This means the airline will operate but will restructure its balance sheet. However, this does not seem to have any impact on the airline’s loyalty programme, LifeMiles, at the moment.

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Why repatriation flights are not being organised from every city in India which has an airport

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People are annoyed that they are not able to make it to the charter flights being organised to repatriate Indian citizens. Here, I try and explain why repatriation flights are being operated only from a few airports as of now.

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Here is how to book your tickets on Air India Special Flights to USA, UK & Singapore

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The Government of India expects to have some people fly out on the empty legs of repatriation flights out of India as well to get them back to their home countries. Here is how to go about getting on these repatriation flights.

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