Vande Bharat to enter fourth phase on July 3 with 900 flights

Vande Bharat to enter fourth phase on July 3 with 900 flights

29.06.2020

New Delhi: The world’s largest repatriation exercise, Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) will commence its fourth phase on July 3. It will see the Air India group operating over 400 flights up to July-end. Private airlines have volunteered to operate about 500 flights in this phase, according to the aviation ministry.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had last week extended suspension of scheduled international flights till 11.59pm of July15 while stating such services “may be allowed on selected routes on a case to case basis”. VBM was launched on May 6.

The aviation ministry on Sunday tweeted: “VBM enters phase 4 on July 3 2020. In this phase, Air India will operate 114 flights (between July 3-15) including 31 flights to US; 19 to UK; 9 to Canada and 8 to Australia. AI Express will operate 300 flights in July (136 up to July 14 and 164 from July15-31.

“Private airlines have volunteered for significant participation in this phase with 498 flights to be operated by them… Among others, IndiGo will operate 238 flights from Qatar and 219 flights from Kuwait; while GoAir will operate 41 flights from Kuwait.” TNN