Over 6200 Indians have returned from Ukraine through special Civilian flights

 

Over 6200 Indians have returned from Ukraine through special Civilian flights;

More than 7400 Indians expected to arrive in next two days

Posted On: 03 MAR 2022 5:37PM by PIB 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 between 11 pm on March 3 and early morning of March 4. Four IAF flights have already brought 798 Indian nationals between midnight of March 2 and early morning of March 3. 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