INL May 15, 2020 Digital Edition

MAY 15, 2020
Government-assisted flights for stranded Indians
But details of cost and
schedule yet to be
determined
Venkat Raman
The Indian government
is considering operating
Air India flights
to transport stranded
Indians from New Zealand,
High Commissioner Muktesh
Pardeshi told a media conference
last week.
He said that while the
schedule is yet to be finalised,
the High Commission is
currently gathering information
about Indian nationals
interested in utilising the
facility.
The best source of updated
information would be the
High Commission’s Facebook
page, which currently has
notification regarding the
Standard Operating Petrol
(SAP).
The media conference was
attended by Doss Jeyakumar
(Head of Chancery) and
Paramjeet Singh (Second
Secretary) of the High
Commission.
Mr Pardeshi said that that
about 2200 people have thus
far registered but not all of
them may qualify or would
want to return to India in the
government-assisted flights.
Vande Bharat Mission
The flights, called, ‘Vande
Bharat Mission,’ will be
operated by Air India and its
subsidiary Air India Express.
According to the Press
Muktesh Pardeshi, High Commissioner
of India
Information Bureau (PIB) a
government agency, the two
airlines will operate 64 flights
to bring back more than
14,800 Indians stranded in 12
countries.
PIB said that 300 people
will be coming back from
the US, 250 each from the
UK, Singapore, Malaysia
and the Philippines, and 200
each from Abu Dhabi, Dubai,
Riyadh, Doha and Dhaka.
Air India will operate
the Delhi-Singapore flight
from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi
International airport, while
Air India Express will operate
Cochin-Abu Dhabi-Cochin and
Kozhikode-Dubai-Kozhikode
services.
“Besides one-way ferry
service, Air India has invited
passengers, who qualify
under the government’s new
international travel norms, to
apply for passage from India
to various destinations the
airline will send its aircraft
to conduct evacuation flights.
Overall, more than 190,000
Indian nationals, who would
have to pay a one-way ferry
service charge, are expected
to be brought back in the airlift
operation,” the notification
said.
Criteria for travel
Mr Pardeshi said that
he was expecting further
information about flights
from New Zealand.
“These flights will be only
for Indian nationals- those
holding Indian passports. The
selection criteria will include
Indians who face deportation
because of expiry of their
visas, migrant workers who
have lost their jobs, non-permanent
residents from India
whose visas have expired
or about to expire, people
needing medical treatment,
elderly persons and pregnant
women and those who had
arrived in New Zealand as
tourists,” he said.
Mr Pardeshi said that
consideration will be given
to those who wish to visit bereaved
relatives and students
who have completed their
education courses, but these
will not be on priority.
Overseas Citizen of
India (OCI) cards have been
temporarily suspended, and
hence holders of these cards
must obtain special visas to
travel to India. These will be
need-based visas, subject
to fulfilment of other
conditions and subject to
availability of air services.
Quarantine in India
Mr Pardeshi said that all
arriving passengers will
be obliged to undergo a
fourteen-day quarantine
period at various district
health centres or similar
authorised locations.
They would be obliged to
follow the regulations of the
State governments at the
destinations.
“We have not yet been
informed of the cost
per ticket but since the
flights are operated by Air
India, which is a government-owned
company, it
would be reasonable. We
also await details of how
and when these flights will be
operated. There are a large
number of Indians in countries
such as United States of
America, United Kingdom and
other parts of Europe which
have been severely impacted
by Covid-19. They have to be
transported on priority. New
Zealand is a safe country,” he
said.
India’s Mobile App
Mr Pardeshi encouraged all
travellers to India to download
the Mobile App developed by
the Indian government on
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Called, ‘Aarogya
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