Mumbai: National passenger carrier Air India has mobilised massive resources to operate international charter and
cargo flights.
Accordingly, the airline repatriated stranded foreigners from India and also brought back critical medical cargo
from Shanghai.
“All these flights are being operated adhering to all safety protocol laid down by DGCA,” the airline said in a statement.
The airline is scheduled to operate 18 charter flights to fly back German, French, Irish and Canadian nationals
stranded in India during the lockdown as requested by their respected embassies.
“While the Germans and French will be flown to Frankfurt and Paris, the other two nationalities will be taken to
London Heathrow from where Canada and Ireland (governments) would be making further travel arrangements,” the statement said.
“These chartered flights started from 31st March with German nationals flying to Frankfurt. Earlier, AI had ferried
Israeli nationals to Tel Aviv as well in a chartered flight.”