Air Indias second evacuation flight from Bucharest lands in Delhi with 250 Indians from Ukraine
New Delhi Feb 27 PTI Air Indias second evacuation flight from Romanian capital Bucharest carrying 250 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday government officials saidIndia on Saturday began the evacuation of its stranded citizens amid the Russian military offensive in Ukraine with the first evacuation flight AI1944 bringing back 219 people from Bucharest to Mumbai in the eveningThe second evacuation flight AI1942 carrying 250 Indian citizens landed at the Delhi airport around 245 am on Sunday the officials saidAir Indias third evacuation flight AI1940 which will depart from Hungarian capital Budapest is also scheduled to return with evacuees to Delhi on Sunday they saidThe Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil aircraft operations since February 24 morning when the Russian military offensive began Therefore the Indian evacuation flights are operating out of Bucharest and BudapestIndian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Hungary border have been taken to Bucharest and Budapest respectively by road with the assistance of Indian government officials so that they can be evacuated in these Air India flights the officials saidThe government is not charging the rescued passengers for the evacuation flights they said PTI DSP DIV DIV
New Delhi Feb 27 PTI Air Indias second evacuation flight from Romanian capital Bucharest carrying 250 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday government officials saidIndia on Saturday began the evacuation of its stranded citizens amid the Russian military offensive in Ukraine with the first evacuation flight AI1944 bringing back 219 people from Bucharest to Mumbai in the eveningThe second evacuation flight AI1942 carrying 250 Indian citizens landed at the Delhi airport around 245 am on Sunday the officials saidAir Indias third evacuation flight AI1940 which will depart from Hungarian capital Budapest is also scheduled to return with evacuees to Delhi on Sunday they saidThe Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil aircraft operations since February 24 morning when the Russian military offensive began Therefore the Indian evacuation flights are operating out of Bucharest and BudapestIndian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Hungary border have been taken to Bucharest and Budapest respectively by road with the assistance of Indian government officials so that they can be evacuated in these Air India flights the officials saidThe government is not charging the rescued passengers for the evacuation flights they said PTI DSP DIV DIV
