Saudi Arabia allows repatriation flights to India

New Delhi: Saudi Arabia has resumed some flights to India, days after it said that flight services to and from the South Asian country remains suspended due to rising number of covid-19 cases.

Air India Express, the no-frills subsidiary of the national carrier Air India, on Thursday night tweeted that the airline would continue carrying passengers from Saudi Arabia to India but would not carry passengers from India to Saudi Arabia.

“Air India Express Vande Bharat Mission flights would continue to carry passengers on its flights from Saudi Arabia to India,” it said.