Air India is well underway with the first leg of the Repatriation flights mission, where over 60 flights will be operated between Air India and Air India Express to bring back about 15,000 people to India from the U.S.A., U.K., Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Singapore, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Oman and a few other countries which I don’t recall at the moment.
Updated as per updated Schedule of May 12, 2020. Still not a confirmed schedule.
Now, Phase 2 of these flights is being finalised, and this time around as well, Air India and Air India Express will be running the show for now. As per internal Air India documents sighted by LiveFromALounge, at least 100+ flights are going to be operated by Air India between May 19 and June 2, 2020, for now. This is tentative and will be confirmed within a day or two by the Government of India/Air India after discussion with the relevant states who will need to put in place quarantine for the returnees on these flights. Flights to 29 countries are planned by Air India and Air India Express, using the Boeing 787, 777 and the Airbus A320 fleet of AI and Boeing 737 fleet of IX extensively.
Here are some insights tweeted out by the Minister confirming our information.
Phase-2 of Vande Bharat from 16-22 May will also include flights from Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand & Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/ZOpS2fqyZr
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 13, 2020
Here are all the flights planned at the moment. I will be putting out the exact date of operation as and when the schedule is confirmed.
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- Indonesia (Jakarta Airport)
- 2 Flights to Delhi using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Ahmedabad using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Bengaluru using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Hyderabad using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Philippines
- Manila Airport
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Vishakhapatnam using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Kochi using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Bengaluru using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Cebu Airport
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Hyderabad using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Manila Airport
- Japan
- 1 flight to Mumbai from Tokyo Narita using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Australia
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Sydney using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi from Sydney using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru from Melbourne using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar from Melbourne using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kochi from Melbourne using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Hyderabad from Melbourne using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar from Sydney using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Germany
- 1 Flight to Delhi/Bengaluru from Frankfurt using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 Flight to Delhi from Frankfurt using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- USA
- 1 flight to Delhi/Hyderabad from Washington D.C. using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from New York JFK using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru (earlier Hyderabad) from New York JFK using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Hyderabad from Chicago ORD using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kochi (earlier Bengaluru) from San Francisco using Boeing 77L aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Hyderabad from San Francisco using Boeing 77L aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bhubaneshwar from Chicago ORD using Boeing 77W aircraft
- Nigeria (Lagos Airport)
- 1 flight to Delhi using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- France (Paris CDG Airport)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Italy (Rome FCO Airport)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kochi using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Ireland (Dublin Airport)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Vijaywada using Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- Canada
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar from Toronto using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Toronto using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru from Toronto using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar from Vancouver using Boeing 77L aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Bengaluru from Vancouver using Boeing 77L aircraft
- United Kingdom
- 1 flight to Delhi/Varanasi from London Heathrow using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from London Heathrow using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar from Manchester using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Kochi from London Heathrow using Boeing 77W aircraft
- 1 flight to Mumbai/Ahmedabad from London Heathrow using Boeing 77W aircraft
- United Arab Emirates
- 1 flight to Vishakhapatnam from Abu Dhabi using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Bhubaneshwar from Dubai using an Airbus A320
- Saudi Arabia
- 1 flight to Bengaluru/Hyderabad from Dammam using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Vijaywada/Hyderabad from Jeddah using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Hyderabad/Vijaywada from Riyadh using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Kozhikode from Riyadh using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Kochi from Dammam using an Airbus A320
- Thailand (Bangkok Airport)
- 1 flight to Delhi using an Airbus A320
- Oman (Muscat)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Gaya using an Airbus A320
- Qatar (Doha)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Gaya using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Vishakhapatnam using an Airbus A320
- Singapore
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Amritsar using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Hyderabad using an Airbus A320
- Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Airport)
- 1 flight to Amritsar using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Bengaluru/Ahmedabad using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Bhubaneshwar using an Airbus A320
- Kuwait
- 1 flight to Hyderabad/Tirupati using an Airbus A320
- Bangladesh (Dhaka)
- 1 flight to Srinagar using an Airbus A320
- Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 flight to Delhi using an Airbus A320
Afghanistan1 flight to Delhi from Kabul using an Airbus A320
- Tajikistan (Dushanbe)
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kannur using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur using an Airbus A320
- Russia
- Domodedovo Airport, Moscow
- 1 flight to Delhi from Moscow using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Moscow using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Lucknow from Moscow using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from Moscow using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kannur from Moscow using an Airbus A320
- Domodedovo Airport, Moscow
- Ukraine
- Kyiv Airport
- 1 flight to Delhi/Kochi from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Lucknow from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Chandigarh from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi from Kyiv using an Airbus A320
- Kyiv Airport
- Kazakhstan
- 3 flights to Delhi/Jaipur from Karagandy using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from Almaty using an Airbus A320
- 2 flights to Delhi/Jaipur from Nur-Sultan using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Lucknow from Nur-Sultan using an Airbus A320
- 2 flights to Delhi/Gaya from Nur-Sultan using an Airbus A320
- Kyrgystan
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from Bishkek using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi from Bishkek using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi/Gaya from Bishkek using an Airbus A320
- 1 flight to Delhi from Bishkek using an Airbus A320
- Belarus
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Minsk using an Airbus A320
- Georgia
- 1 flight to Delhi/Ahmedabad from Tbilisi using an Airbus A320
- Armenia
- 1 flight to Delhi/Jaipur from Yerevan using an Airbus A320
- Indonesia (Jakarta Airport)
- Air India Express
- United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi
- 1 flight to Trivandrum using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kochi using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kannur using a Boeing 737
- Dubai
- 1 flight to Mangalore using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kochi using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Trivandrum using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kozhikode using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Delhi using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Hyderabad using a Boeing 737
- Abu Dhabi
- Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
- 1 flight to Kannur using a Boeing 737
- Bahrain (Manama)
- 1 flight to Hyderabad using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Trivandrum using a Boeing 737
- Kuwait
- 1 flight to Tirupati using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kannur using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Trivandrum using a Boeing 737
- Oman
- Muscat
- 1 flight to Trivandrum using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Bengaluru using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Hyderabad using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kannur using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Delhi using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kochi using a Boeing 737
- Salalah
- 1 flight to Kozhikode using a Boeing 737
- Muscat
- Qatar
- Doha
- 1 flight to Kozhikode using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kochi using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Hyderabad using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Bengaluru using a Boeing 737
- Doha
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur
- 1 flight to Trichy using a Boeing 737
- 1 flight to Kochi using a Boeing 737
- Kuala Lumpur
- United Arab Emirates
Bottomline
This is great news for Indians who are stuck abroad at the moment and want to repatriate back to the country. The second Vande Bharat schedule looks even more promising, with flights into Central Asia, South East Asia, Europe and the USA apart from some of the usual suspects. Take note that this is not the full schedule, and there will be more flights that will be organised under Air India Express as well.
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I am British citizens stuck in India due to the lockdown and now my visa has run out on 10th April 2020 can I book a seat on air India from amri tsar or Delhi to go back to uk I also have my seats booked with Qatar airways for the 2and June will the qatar airways will be allowed to fly from delhi on that date
Hi, Me and my 3 year old daughter stuck here in Bangalore.When will the flights starts for Copenhagen, Denmark. We are facing lot of personal problems We have D type Visa, dependant Visa. Kindly let us know the schedule for Copenhagen flight.
My cousin just got approved for the permanent resident in America visa. She should get a green card upon arrival. Do you know if they can travel to the US during the trump travel ban?
My son is a citizen of Australia. His wife and daughter are struk in India due to lockdown from 12th March.She has two return tickets on Air India, 6th of May.Please tell us the procedure for accommodation in Vande flights for Melbourne.
How do we register for the flights or are they direct book and buy on the Air India sites?
Please advise urgently.
These flights are meant only to travel to india.First you need to register your name in the Indian Embassy site.They will allocate your flight and then you can buy tockets in AI Office.
Please provide the flight schedule dates from Germany to Bengaluru/Delhi
Hi, can i book a ticket to Dublin in the repartiation flight I am holding a student visa
Hi,
Will I be able to go to the US? I have a valid H1B visa. If I do qualify, what do I have to do to secure a ticket?
Many thanks!
@Rajoo, when phase 2 bookings open, try and secure a seat on the flights.
Thank you. Do we have an estimate as to when the bookings are likely to open? At the AI website, there seems to be no activity currently.
Thanks again!
Can you confirm the fares are not hiked up and does not include airport taxes? There is news circulation about this scheme however what is been hidden is the air fare where people have had to pay almost double or even more to get a seat. believe this is the evacuation plan for the interest of people returning from abroad.
Why no flights are planned from qatar to Mumbai….even repatriation form from embassy is not open on the embassy site to fill….my husband is waiting eagerly to come back to Mumbai from doha…..plz help…if any idea
Any flights available from Riyadh to Mumbai.i m pregnant ..iam coming on visit visa…I want to go to India with my 3 year old son…. please reply any information about Riyadh to Mumbai flights
Pls contact Indian embassy in riyadh. Check in vande bharat phase2 schedule and register your name and your kids name in embassy through web site.
Why there is no flight from sydney to kochi. The peoples wanted to go to kochi can accommodate in the Melbourne /delhi/kochi
Where can I register my name in case I want to come back. I’m currently staying in Malaysia and wants to return to Delhi NCR.
Check in the pravas bharatiya sahayata kendra web site and register.
Please Me need amritsar sahib Birmingham uk
When the flight from budafest to india start?
Hi, Any idea about any flights from Houston(Texas) to Ahmedabad? If we take connecting flights from any other state also how about our stay during the layover period ? And also how it will be once we reach ahmedabad? (home quarantine I mean )
Thanks in advance!
I will like to travel to Nigeria from Delhi during this period with the flight
Why there’s no flight to Mumbai from San Francisco? With current restrictions in place, how can one suppose to reach Maharashtra/Gujarat after landing in Delhi/Kochi/Bangalore??
Mumbai Pune ?? From UAE…..why no flight planned?
Hi I want to go.back to madurai or trichi , in India from Singapore, how I book the ticket with airindia express,
I already registered with Indian high commission in Singapore for evacuation flight
Singapore to Trichy. Please arrange soon.Visa already extended two times.Final is also given.ICA .
From Ukraine to hyderabad there is no flights
I have registered in the registration form of indian nationals 5days ago, i dod not got any response from them, how i should book the flight if they are not responding to me
I have registered in the registration form of indian nationals 5days ago, i dod not got any response from them, how i should book the flight if they are not responding to me
Pl also operate flight from Vancouver to Mumbai.
We are 50 student whose landing port is Mumbai from UBC only.
Where is the flight for going Germany?
Is any flight from Delhi to austria
I am in dubai jobless from march 2020 and visa also expired. I want to go to goa which is first green zone state and no flight to goa is available facing lot of problem. I am also 57 years old preferance should be given to me
Md Nadim Ansari Mai worker hu Nigeria se kiraya kitna hai mai jana chahta hu
When is flight from India to USA
@ajay
Is there any flight to Mumbai from USA ?
Yes..Check in vande bharat phase2 schedule.but you need to register your name with embassy of india.
Why there is no flight from abu dhabi to Bangalore?
Please arrange flight from Ecuador/Colombia To india because we are so many indians are stuck here and here is so critical condition due to covid-19. Here we all are helpless and in danger situation. So please we urge you to Also arrange Flight from
ECUADOR/COLOMBIA TO INDIA
Hi..please arrange flight for Colombia and other countries of south America..Here lot of people are stranded without job and food..Passing through severe cash crunch…
Evacuation flight has to be arranged on priority for Colombia..
Thanks
Dharmesh
If there are lot of people,I advice you to make a list and mail it to Indian embassy in Columbia and to Indian embassy in India.You need to follow it up.
We need a flight to COLOMBIA Ecuador south America. Kindly do the needful.
Please arrange flight for Ecuador/ Colombia. Many Indian loose their jobs and business.Money finished and food difficult to get . Going through lot of mental stress and financial crunch. Kindly help .
Germany is missing in this list , is it confirmed ???
@ajay can i know your source?
I
@Azam Air India
Thank you so much for this information! From what I understand, the outbound flights will only be from Mumbai and Delhi, to USA, even in phase 2. Is that correct?
I stay in Hyderabad. So, trying to understand if the phase 1 flights that are flying into Hyderabad will start their outbound journey from Hyderabad, during phase 2, or would they go back to Mumbai or Delhi?
Thank you in advance!
Thank you so much for releasing this Ajay, do you anticipate any flights from Hyderabad to Canada? Or how I could get to Bengaluru from Hyderabad since the city’s locked down?
Please start the international flights from Srilanka to India for stranded Indian nationals in Srilanka. Stuck in Srilanka – Colombo for more than 2 months . Money finished and food difficult to get . Going through lot of mental stress and financial crunch. Kindly help .
Please schedule more flight services from Qatar to Kerala / Trivandrum.
Why no flights from jeddah to bangalore even in second phase list, we are desparately looking for it as v have medical condition.
Please arrange atleast some flights chennai
will the 2nd phase schedule of flights be announced before 15th may
Are there no flights scheduled from USA to Kerala in the 2nd phase either? This is strange as there are plenty of Malayalis in the US,waiting to return.
Pls my daughter want to fly back pls arrange a flight from Newark or new York to Mumbai
There is no flight to mumbai….why?
Are outbound flights allowed to travel J2 visa holders from Delhi to USA, if J1 is still in USA and his visa will be going to extend in June?
When flight will start to German
It is due to begin from 16th may and will go till 22nd. The dates mentioned are incorrect
@Prasana, source please?
Kindly pls arrange more flights from Malaysia to tamil nadu..here more than 4000 people stuck up different states in Malaysia.
Why no flights for Chennai in the phase 2 schedule from UAE?
Here so many Tamil Nadu people struck for more than 2 months.
PL arrange for Chennai from abudhabi or dubai or even from Sharjah.
PL consider favourably.
We’re 3 person stucked in Mauritius. There’s no flight for Mauritius in 2nd phase.
Any flights from Singapore to tiruchirappalli.
Are you sure it will start from may 19? Other news channel are saying may 16.
Where is this schedule published? Where is the source??
@Megha this is the tentative schedule and the source is Air India’s schedule planning. Once we have the final confirmation that all the flights will operate, we will put out date and time as well.
Any update on flights to Kerala from US, as of now nothing has been scheduled
why there are no flight to Mumbai & Chennai from USA. I thing this is incomplete information.
When flight start delhi to Canada thx
How much fair toranto to New Delhi
@Jagjit, we will update the fare when we know.
Please confirm schedule for. UK
How we knows about dates… we want to go back to gulf countries
@Biji, apart from Bahrain and Qatar which are taking Citizens and PR holders back into the country, Gulf countries are right now not accepting people.
What about from hongkong and Macau service?
@Abdul not in Phase 2 plan.
We are stuck in spain..I see flight to Italy..Why is Spain not being considered..My father is critically ill..I need to be with him
If I come by Chicago Delhi flight , whether I will be allowed to go to Pune by domestic flight? Whether home quarantine is allowed ?
@Dr Ashok, first, the decision to put you on the flight rests with the Embassy and not with you. Second, if you arrive on the Delhi flight, you will perhaps have to quarantine in a hotel for 15 days or so before you can move around in the country.
Is this reliable news??
When start phase 2 Dxb to Telangana start flight
Any idea about the outbound flights to USA?
@Atul, outbound flights will also start when this schedule is approved, however, first this schedule needs to be finalised.
Hi, Are the outbound flights expected to be between the same cities in the inbound schedule?
@Rasi, For Boeing 787s, 777s expect outbounds only from BOM/DEL where the aircraft is parked. Also, not all outbounds are going to be up for sale, only where the other country accepts returnees at this point.