Two flights to bring nearly 200 persons from Dubai

Two flights to bring nearly 200 persons from Dubai

17/05/2020, STAFF REPORTER,CHENNAI

Returnees will be quarantined at the Air Force Station in Tambaram.

Nearly 200 Indians, including several workers from Dubai, will arrive in the city in two flights on Sunday and Tuesday.

They will be taken to a quarantine facility at the Air Force Station at Tambaram after landing at the Chennai airport, sources said.

In a high-level meeting held by the State government on Friday, it was decided that the passengers would be taken to a quarantine facility at Tambaram where swab samples would be taken. Till now, swab samples were taken for passengers returning in repatriation flights at the airport itself.

‘Facilities ready’

On Sunday and Tuesday, the flights will arrive in Chennai at 10.55 a.m. “All the facilities and measures for handling these passengers are ready at the airport,” an official said.

Meanwhile, sources in the government said, there are plans to shift some of the flight operations and divert arrival of flights to Tiruchi instead of Chennai.

When asked about why State government has been mulling this move, a source said, “We want to use our manpower for containment.”

Another source said, this may be only for passengers heading to places in the Central districts. However, Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said they are unaware of any such move.