Over 6200 Indians have returned from Ukraine through special Civilian flights; More than 7400 Indians expected to arrive in next two days

 New Delhi: India has mounted a massive rescue operation named ‘Operation Ganga’ to bring back Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine. Ministry of External Affairs, in close coordination with Ministry of Civil Aviation, is making all efforts to bring the Indian students back to India in fast pace. Indian Airlines are putting their resources in faster evacuation process. Four Union Ministers- Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Shri Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd) V.K. Singh have gone to countries adjoining Ukraine to support and supervise these operations. Indian Civilian planes as well as Indian Air Force planes are regularly bringing back stranded Indian students.

The evacuation process, which began on 22nd February, has brought back over 6200 persons so far, including 2185 persons coming today through 10 special civilian flights. Today’s flights included 5 from Bucharest, 2 from Budapest, 1 from Kosice, and 2 from Rzeszow by Civilian airlines. In addition, 3 IAF flights are bringing more Indians today. The number of civilian flights is be scaled up further, and more than 7400 persons are expected to be brought through special flights in next two days. 3500 persons are expected to be brought back tomorrow and over 3900 on 5th March.

The tentative schedule of special flights for tomorrow is as below:

Date Airline From To ETA Inbound flights
04.03.2022 Air India Express Bucharest Mumbai 06:20 1
  Air India Express Budapest Mumbai 08:30 1
  Air India Bucharest New Delhi 10:05 1
  SpiceJet Kosice New Delhi 11:20:00,14:10 2
  Indigo Budapest New Delhi 04:40, 08:20 2
  Indigo Rzeszow New Delhi 08:20, 05:20, 06:20 3
  Indigo Bucharest New Delhi 02:30, 03:40, 04:40 3
  Indigo Suceava New Delhi 04:05,05:05 2
  Vistara Bucharest New Delhi 15:45 1
  Go First Budapest New Delhi 04:00 1
           

Total Number of flights: 17

 

Total Number of flights: 17

 

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