Two Air India flights on Monday brought back 489 more Indian nationals from war-hit Ukraine, as more private carriers — SpiceJet, IndiGo and Air India Express — stepped in to speed up the evacuation process.
India on Saturday began the evacuation of its citizens via Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest — countries sharing borders with Ukraine — as the Ukrainian airspace has been closed since February 24 when the Russian military offensive began. So far, Air India has evacuated 1,396 Indian nationals in six flights.
On Monday, the fifth Air India flight landed in Delhi from Bucharest with 249 Indian nationals while the sixth flight arrived from Budapest with 240 nationals, people familiar with the matter said. Air India will operate two more flights to Budapest on March 1.
