The Centre started the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ on May 6 to help those stranded due to the novel coronavirus pandemic reach their destinations via international repatriation flights.
According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, 12,241 repatriation flights were operated by the Air India Group under the Vande Bharat Mission till December 25, carrying over 16.30 lakh passengers. Of these, 6,156 were inbound flights carrying 10.01 lakh passengers and 6,159 were outbound flights with 6.28 lakh fliers.
The mission is currently in Phase 7 which will continue until March 28, 2021.
Here is the repatriation international flights schedule for December 29:
Air India schedule for December 29: Ex-India to foreign stations (in local time)
> AI 1310 Delhi 18:05 Kolkata 20:15> AI 1346 Delhi 21:00 Chennai 23:55
Air India schedule for December 29: Ex-foreign stations to India (in local time)
> AI 1912 Nairobi 09:00 Ahmedabad 17:30