The Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) has turned out to be one of the largest evacuations of civilians by a country which started repatriating Indians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 and the resultant lockdowns since last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the middle of Phase 10, the VBM has surpassed the large-scale airlift of 1,10,000 people in 1990 at the onset of the Gulf War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Till now, the Air India (AI) Group has operated 11,523 inbound flights to carry 18,19,734 passengers and 11,528 outbound flights with 13,68,457 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The national carrier, which carried out the bulk of air transfers under the mission, was supported by its budget carrier Air India Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current VBM Phase 10 has international and domestic schedules operating till October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air India Express (AIE) used its B-737-800 fleet to lift agricultural produce, mainly fruits and vegetables, to West Asian countries, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTransport bubbles\u201d or \u201cair travel arrangements\u201d, temporary arrangements between two countries aimed at restarting commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended as a result of the pandemic, are in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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