Vande Bharat Mission: Air India flight carrying 168 passengers arrives in Hyderabad from Chicago

As many as 168 people arrived at Hyderabad International Airport on Sunday from Chicago, USA as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indian nationals stranded in various countries.

Hyderabad: Under the Vande Bharat Mission, Air India's repatriation flight AI- 126, carrying 168 passengers from Chicago, USA arrived at Hyderabad International Airport on Sunday.

The flight landed at 4.45 am on Sunday and it reached Hyderabad from Chicago via Delhi.

All arriving passengers were serviced through the fully sanitised International Arrivals of the Main Passenger Terminal of Hyderabad International Airport.

Earlier on May 16, Air India repatriation flight AI 1839 carrying 121 passengers from Newark, landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.

India began from May 7 the phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad, due to various lockdown restrictions, under the Vande Bharat Mission.

ANI