Spl flight evacuates 26 Bhutan nationals from Odisha
BHUBANESWAR: Bhutan Government operated a special flight on Thursday to evacuate its nationals from various parts of the country, including Odisha. Drukair – Royal Bhutan Airlines flight (293) – landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here from Bengaluru at about 12.30 pm.
Official sources said 18 students of various educational institutes in Odisha, seven pilgrims and one Bhutan national working in the State boarded the special flight to Paro at 2 pm. “It is better to be evacuated as the number of Covid-19 cases are increasing in India and the number is very less in Bhutan,” said a youth who boarded the flight.
