Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express are all set to embark upon one of the world’s largest evacuation operations on Thursday. The two airlines following the laid down Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) which were released on Tuesday have tested their pilots and crews for COVID-19.
Accordingly, the two airlines will at different time slots operate the first ‘special ferry’ flights from New Delhi, Cochin and Kozhikode to Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively.
What is Vande Bharat Mission?
Air India and Air India subsidiary Air India Express will operate to 64 flights in seven days to bring back 14,800 stranded Indians from 12 countries. Both the companies will work under India’s massive effort named ‘Vande Bharat Mission’.
