Chennai Customs has facilitated smooth clearance for the passengers of the repatriation flights from Muscat and Chicago as part of the Vande Bharat Mission at Chennai International Airport.

  Air India Express IX350 flight from Muscat, Oman landed at 09:54 PM on Tuesday, 12 May at Chennai International Airport carrying 183 passengers including 126 male, 54 female and 03 infants. This is the fifth flight under the Vande Bharat Mission landing at Chennai.

 The relief flight Air India AI1671 from Chicago, USA landed at  05:55 AM on Wednesday, 13 May at Chennai International Airport carrying 141 passengers including 78 male, 62 female and one infant. This is the sixth  evacuation flight reaching Chennai as part of the Vande Bharat Mission.

   All passengers of both the flights were facilitated smooth customs clearance by Chennai Airport Customs.

  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, all the international flights to and from India have been grounded since 22nd March. The Government of India’s repatriation plan Vande Bharat Mission has started to bring the Indian nationals stranded abroad due to Covid-19 from 7th May to 13th May. Under this mission 11 flights are scheduled to arrive at Chennai.

 

 

 

 

 

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