Air India flights being operated to bring back hundreds of Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine are costing `7-8 lakh per hour. The amount will go up depending on the duration of the flights.
Sources said that the cost of operating a chartered flight with the Dreamliner is around `7 to 8 lakh per hour and the total amount will depend “on where we are going and how far we are going”. The total cost will include expenses related to crew, fuel, navigation, landing and parking charges.
The airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing 787 plane, better known as Dreamliner, from neighbouring countries of conflict-ridden Ukraine, including Romania and Hungary. Currently, Air India is operating flights to Bucharest (Romania) and Budapest (Hungary)
