Travellers can approach Air India directly for Vande Bharat flights

Muscat: India has announced 23 more repatriation flights in phase five of Vande Bharat Mission starting from August 15 to 31. Passenger lists for all the above-mentioned flights will be finalized by the Embassy on the basis of information received by it. The Embassy has floated an online form seeking confirmation of passengers to travel on a particular flight and then share the list of registered people with Air India. All such people will be contacted by Air India directly for booking of tickets. The passengers, after registering on the online form, may also approach Air India offices in Ruwi and Wattaya (National Travels, General Sales Agent of Air India) directly to book tickets on a first come first serve basis. The cost of tickets will have to be borne by the passengers themselves. All passengers are required to confirm acceptance of all conditions of travel, including quarantine requirements in India as well as health requirements in order to board the flight. As many as 56,000 Indians have already flown from Oman in the last three months. Of the 23, eight will fly to Kerala and the rest to Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Chennai, Bangalore, and Lucknow. 16 August - Goa / Mumbai 17 August - Tiruchirappalli 17 August - Calicut 18 August - Lucknow 18 August - Chennai 20 August - Kannur 21 August - Mumbai 22 August - Kochi 22 August - Trivandrum 23 August - Delhi 24 August - Bengaluru / Mangalore 25 August - Lucknow 25 August - Hyderabad 25 August - Chennai 26 August - Vijayawada 27 August - Kannur 28 August - Trivandrum 29 August - Mumbai 30 August - Kochi 31 August - Bengaluru/ Mangalore 31 August - Calicut 31 August - Tiruchirappalli 31 August - Delhi