COVID-19: Indonesia operates first repatriation flight from Oman

Merge 104.8  |  07 July 2020

The Indonesian Embassy in Muscat has confirmed the departure of the country’s first repatriation flight from Oman which departed early yesterday morning [Monday, July 6].

Cover photo credit: Embassy of Indonesia in Oman

In a statement issued online, the Embassy stated that the Garuda Indonesia flight carrying 180 Indonesian citizens took off bound for Jakarta. Among those on-board the flight were passengers who had been stranded in the Sultanate on expired visit visas, those whose employment contracts had expired, along with passengers returning home for medical reasons.

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