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Mumbai, March 4
Budget service AirAsia India on Friday mentioned it’s working an evacuation flight from Suceava metropolis in Romania to fly again stranded Indians from the war-hit Ukraine.
AirAsia India’s maiden rescue flight underneath Operation Ganga left from Suceava to Delhi carrying over 170 friends, the airline mentioned on Friday.
“The flight departed to Delhi from Suceava at 6.30 pm (local time) and it is being operated via Dubai. it is expected to arrive in Delhi at 4.30 am (on Saturday), subject to OCC approval,” an AirAsia India spokesperson mentioned.
The Bengaluru-headquartered service, through which Tata Group owns 83.6 per cent stake, and Malaysian airliner group AirAsia the remainder 16.33 per cent, additionally mentioned it’s trying to function a number of extra evacuation flights.
“While there are other flights that are being planned, they are all subject to the requirement of the External Affairs Ministry and can only be chartered a day in advance,” he mentioned.
India has been evacuating its residents by way of particular flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours reminiscent of Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland because the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 as a result of a Russian navy offensive.
Apart from civilian flights, which have to date been operated by Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, Go First and SpiceJet, the Indian Air Force serving to the federal government in bringing again the stranded Indians from Ukraine.
According to the MEA, 15 flights landed in India through the previous 24 hours, flying again 3,000 Indian nationals whereas 16 flights are scheduled for the following 24 hours.
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