New Delhi:
A special Air India flight from Ukraine carrying nearly 240 passengers has landed in Delhi tonight, news agency PTI reported. The Boeing 787 aircraft left Ukraine’s capital Kyiv at 6 pm and reached Delhi around midnight.
In visuals tweeted by news agency ANI, passengers are seen cheering, clapping and showing the victory sign as the aircraft landed in the national capital.
Thousands of Indians are waiting to fly back home from Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia, whose President Vladimir Putin has recognised two separatist areas in Ukraine as independent nations.
Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan on Tuesday said it has no plans to operate flights to Ukraine. “At this time, we are not planning flights to Ukraine because of aircraft limitations and other reasons,” he told news agency PTI.
Air India, recently acquired by Tata group, flew several “Vande Bharat” missions to repatriate Indians when the COVID-19 lockdown was in full effect.
A Civil Aviation Ministry official told PTI some other Indian airlines are likely to operate flights to Ukraine depending on demand.
