NEW DELHI: Air India Express on Friday operated India’s first international flight with fully vaccinated crew. The low cost arm of AI operated Delhi-Dubai (IX 191) with the pilots and the cabin crew having received both there Covid jabs. Earlier this week, Vistara had operated India’s first domestic flight on Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi route with fully vaccinated crew.
Captains D R Gupta and Alok Kumar Nayak and cabin crew members — Venkat Kella, Praveen Chandra, Pravin Chougle and Manisha Kamble are fully vaccinated. The same set will operated the return flight IX 196, on Dubai – Jaipur – Delhi sector.