First repatriation flight departs from Kerala for Abu Dhabi

First repatriation flight departs from Kerala for Abu Dhabi

First Air India Express repatriation flight departs for Abu Dhabi. The airline has tied up vast arrangements for repatriation operations in the first week.. The first repatriation flight of Air India Express IX419 took off from Kochi in Kerala for Abu Dhabi on Thursday afternoon, marking the Indian government's biggest repatriation operation of Indian nationals stranded in the Gulf countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic.. The repatriation flights of Air India Express from Abu Dhabi as well as Dubai are scheduled to return to Kochi and Kozhikode airports respectively in the evening today.. " the flights will land at 9:40 pm as per schedule.. These two flights will mark the start of the historical repatriation process to bring back stranded Indians from the Gulf region," AI Express Chief of Corporate communication told ANI.. The airlines will further continue to operate repatriation flight from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Muscat, Bahrain and the UAE as well.. Sixty pilots and 120 cabin crew members are deployed for the operation.. Eight aircraft of Boeing 737/800 are also identified and positioned at various airports for the repatriation operations.. Special arrangements have been made in the cockpit of the aircraft.. The cabin crews have further been