COVID-19: Indian Embassy announces 15 more repatriation flights from Oman

Merge 104.8  |  24 May 2020

The Indian Embassy in Oman has announced the operation of 15 additional flight from Oman to India to repatriate Indian nationals in the country.

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The announcement, which was made online today [Sunday, May 24], comes as the second leg of Phase 2 of the Republic’s Vande Bharat mission readies to get underway.

As per the Embassy, the flight schedule, which will operate from May 28-June 7, 2020, is as follows:

May 28: Muscat — Kozhikode
May 28: Salalah — Kannur
May 29: Muscat — Kochi
May 30: Muscat — Jaipur
May 30: Muscat — Ahmedabad
May 30: Muscat — Trivandrum
May 31: Salalah — Kannur
June 1: Muscat — Kozhikode
June 1: Salalah — Kannur
June 2: Muscat — Srinagar
June 3: Muscat — Bhubaneshwar
June 3: Muscat — Kannur
June 4: Muscat — Kochi
June 4: Muscat — Trivandrum
June 7: Muscat — Chennai

The Indian Embassy has confirmed that passenger lists for all new and scheduled repatriation flights will be finalized by the Embassy, and those short-listed to fly will be contacted directly by their representatives.

Priority for travel will be given to those with medical emergencies, pregnant women and the elderly, workers in distress, and “other Indian nationals who are stranded in difficult situations.”

(Also read: #COVID-19: 10th repatriation flight from Oman to India to depart today.)