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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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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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Government of India sets ball rolling on Evacuation Flights to India for over 100K people in the days ahead

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The Government of India has initiated a plan to bring back home thousands of Indians back home on special evacuation flights. In the first phase, these flights will be operated by Air India using their fleets of 787s, 777s and A320/A321 aircraft. Here are all the details!

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Good News: India to organise repatriation flights to bring back Indians from May 7 onwards!

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The Government of India has finally figured they will operate flights from May 7, 2020, onwards to repatriate Indian citizens who might be stuck in various other countries. The size of this repatriation could be anywhere between 200K to 700K citizens by varied estimates.

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