Vande Bharat Mission: Air India to operate 10 additional flights between India and USA

State-run airline Air India on Friday informed that 10 ditional flights will be operated to and fro USA under third phase of Vande Bharat Mission. se flights will be operated between June 20 and July 3 to bring back Indians stranded in America. Bookings for same will open on June 13 from 6 pm onwards at Air India website. 

10 ditional flights comprise of 4 from and to New York and one each from and to San Francisco and Chicago. 

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Almost 2 lakh people returned

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday, 11 June stated that Vande Bharat Mission has repatriated a total of 1,65,375 people back to India thus far. Srivastava ded that 29,034 migrant workers were also returned. number of people repatriated will only rise in months of June.

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During an online press briefing, Anurag Srivastava said, "Apart from Air India flights, repatriation has also been arranged through or streams like Indian naval vessels which have brought back our nationals from Sri Lanka, Maldives and Iran through foreign carriers coming to India to pick up nationals from or countries, through chartered flights and from land borders. As part of Vande Bharat Mission, INS Shardul has returned to Gujarat from Iran carrying 233 stranded Indian nationals.”

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