Bengaluru airport facilitates transit of 3,000 foreign nationals during lockdown

Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) has facilitated safe transit of nearly 3,000 foreign nationals, with 22 flights flying the passengers to 17 destinations across the world from Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru during the lockdown, BIAL has said.

While Tokyo saw the largest number of passengers with JAL (Japan Airlines) operating three flights over three consecutive days, Incheon (South Korea) was second, with Korean Air operating one flight.

The other destinations were Azerbaijan, Baghdad, Cairo, Colombo, Doha, Frankfurt, London, Male, Muscat, Paris, Paro (Bhutan), Riyadh, Rome and Stockholm and Tbilisi (Georgia).

The first evacuation from the airport was to Frankfurt with Air India operating a flight on March 31. Of these destinations, this was the first time the Bengaluru airport Airport facilitated flights to eight cities — Baku (Azerbaijan), Baghdad, Cairo, Incheon, Paro (Bhutan), Rome and Stockholm and Tbilisi (Georgia).