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Repatriation flights from Australia to India will be operated from May 21, 2020, onwards for a week. Here is how you can get on one of these flights to come back to India if you are stuck in Australia and wish to return.
Airline customers are expecting empty middle seats to save them from CoVid19. But the airline industry says that this empty middle seat can’t really work out for the business. So, is it even necessary?
Emirates Airline plans to resume scheduled commercial services on May 21, starting with operating flights to nine destinations across three continents, including some connection flights as well.
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.
Air India may be operating a few domestic flights as well in Phase 2 of Vande Bharat Mission. This would mean at least some people would be able to get home in the coming days.
Here is a real-life experience flying back from India to the USA during the CoronaVirus caused lockdown which has stopped all flights inside India and from India to other countries. Air India has been doing a good job during these times. Check this out!
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.
Air India might be getting a heads up for the next round of flights resuming from May 15, 2020. They seem to have at least one flight up for sale from on May 15 and have tickets open through May 31, 2020, for now.
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.
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.
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.
