Vande Bharat Mission: Air India operates over 2,800 flights worldwide amid lockdown

Air India has operated more than 2,800 flights and flew over 3 lakh passengers worldwide so far under  Vande Bharat Mission amid coronavirus outbreak.  fifth phase of Government of India's 'Vande Bharat' mission will commence early next month on August 1. mission aims at evacuating Indian nationals stranded in various foreign countries owing to restrictions on air travel.

"Air India under Vande Bharat Mission Operated more than 2800 flights and flown more than 3 lakh, 80 thousand passengers worldwide till w," Air India said in a tweet on Thursday.

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Earlier in a statement, government-owned Airline also said under Vande Bharat Mission y have alrey brought back more than 2.5 lakh stranded Indians from 53 countries.

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Over 7.88 lakh Indians return under Vande Bharat Mission

Under fourth phase of Vande Bharat Mission over 7.88 lakh Indians stranded abro due to coronavirus pandemic have returned till July 22, Ministry of External Affairs h said. A total of 1,197 flights have been scheduled for stranded Indians including 945 international flights and 252 feeder flights, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said at a media briefing on July 23.

repatriation flights are operated by Air India group, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir. y cover 29 countries and will be reaching 34 airports in India, Srivastava said.

Out of se flights, 694 have reached India as on July 22, repatriating nearly one lakh people so far, he ded. Phase 4 of Vande Bharat mission is expected to continue until August 2 and by this time around 80,000 more people are expected to return, Srivastava said. Vande Bharat Mission was started on May 7 by Government of India.

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(With inputs from ncies)