616 Indians return from Ukraine on 3 evacuation flights by IndiGo, Air India Express
India Today
Three evacuation flights operated by IndiGo and Air India returned to India on Tuesday with 616 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine.
Three evacuation flights from Romania's capital Bucharest and Hungary's capital Budapest came to India on Tuesday with 616 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive, officials said.
On Tuesday, two flights were operated by IndiGo while one service was operated by Tata Group-owned Air India Express.
India began the evacuation of its citizens from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania and Hungary on February 26. Private Indian carriers have brought back 2,012 Indian nationals in nine special flights till now.
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Air India Express operated the Bucharest-Mumbai flight via Kuwait with 182 Indian nationals.
IndiGo operated Budapest-Delhi flight via Istanbul with 216 Indian nationals.
India's largest carrier also operated Bucharest-Delhi service via Istanbul with 218 Indian nationals.
