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The ninth flight of Operation Ganga carrying 218 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine reached the national capital from Bucharest on Tuesday. The evacuation flight is part of the Indian government’s mission to bring back its nationals from the war-torn Ukraine in the aftermath of Russia’s offensive in the east European nation. As Ukraine […]

Two weeks after he was appointed Air India chief executive officer, Ilker Ayci has declined the offer to join the Tata Group-owned airline. Ayci’s departure, even before taking charge, comes in the backdrop of a controversy around his security clearance prospects. Ayci, former chairman of Turkish Airlines, had earlier served as advisor to Turkey president […]

Former Turkish Airlines chairman Ilker Ayci on Tuesday said he has declined the Tata Group’s offer to be the chief executive officer and managing director of Air India as “some sections of the Indian media” have attempted to “colour” his appointment in an undesirable manner. Ayci is considered to be close to Turkish President Recep […]

A fifth flight carrying 249 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed in New Delhi on Monday morning. The flight running as part of Operation Ganga had departed from Romania’s Bucharest in the early hours today. “Government has helped us a lot. All possible support was provided by the Indian Embassy. The main problem […]

The sixth flight carrying 240 stranded Indian nationals has departed from Hungary’s Budapest for Delhi under Operation Ganga, informed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday. “Sixth Operation Ganga flight from Budapest has taken off with 240 Indian nationals for Delhi. Evacuation efforts continue to get stronger,” read Jaishankar’s tweet. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

SpiceJet will operate a special flight to Hungarian capital Budapest on Friday to evacuate Indians who have been stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive. India on Saturday began evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary countries sharing land borders with Ukraine as the Ukrainian airspace has been closed since February 24 […]

Air India’s two evacuation flights came from Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to Delhi on Monday with 489 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine after the Russian military offensive, officials said. Other private carriers such as SpiceJet, IndiGo and Air India Express have also sent their planes to the two cities for […]

SpiceJet, Air India Express and IndiGo will operate special flights from Hungarian capital Budapest and Romania’s Bucharest on Monday and Tuesday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive. India on Saturday began the evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary — countries sharing borders with Ukraine — as the […]

Three more flights are scheduled to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine in the next 24 hours amid the ongoing situation in the country, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. “Over the next 24 hours, three more flights are scheduled –two from Bucharest (Romania), which will land in Mumbai and Delhi and one flight […]

India managed to accelerate its efforts to get its nationals out of Ukraine in the last 24 hours, though the situation on the ground continues to be “complex and fluid” in terms of evacuation of people, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. It said a total of 1,396 Indians were brought back […]

Air India Express, the low-cost international budget arm of Air India, has said it is operating a flight to Bucharest in Romania to fly back the Indian evacuees from war-torn Ukraine. Air India Express flight, IX-1201, which departed from the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 1.50 pm on Monday, is expected to arrive […]

The suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in the country has been extended “till further orders”, aviation regulator DGCA said on Monday. On January 19, the suspension was extended till February 28. Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, following the outbreak of the coronavirus. However, special passenger flights […]