The first evacuation flight carrying stranded Indian citizens from Abu Dhabi landed at the Kochi airport on Thursday night amid the suspension of international travel over the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first of 64 planned evacuation flights as India has launched its biggest ever repatriation exercise to bring back its nationals stranded abroad. The Air India Express flight IX 452 with 177 passengers and four infants landed at the Cochin International Airport at 10.09 pm, an airport official said. Another Air India Express flight IX 344 with 177 passengers and five infants from Dubai is expected to land at the Kozhikode International Airport at 10.45 pm. These flights include 40 by Air India and 24 by Air India Express.

Source: dna May 07, 2020 17:15 UTC