NEW DELHI: Air India will be returning to Wuhan — the origin city of Covid pandemic — in the next fortnight to fly Indians back home from there. The Maharaja will operate
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flights on October 30 and November 6. It had operated two Boeing 747 flights to this Chinese city on January 31 and February 1 to bring back Indians, mainly students, from there.
As of now, AI has not been asked to operate VBM flights to other Chinese cities as this list is sent to the airline based from demand to travel back home by expat Indians. The airline has been operating VBM flights to China’s special administrative region of Hong Kong during the pandemic.
Hong Kong has barred Indian carriers — Air India and Vistara — from flying there between October 17 and 30 after some passengers from India tested positive on arrival there. This is the third time that Air India has been barred by Hong Kong for the same reason and first time for Vistara. AI was earlier stopped from flying to Hong Kong from August 18-31 and then from
