Kerala body to charter flight for amnesty-seekers

Dubai: A cultural body from Kerala has decided to charter an Air India flight to repatriate the Indian amnesty-seekers, free of cost, who are unable to buy an air-ticket.
The chartered aircraft carrying 166 amnesty-seekers will leave Dubai International Airport for Calicut on September 1, an official of the UAE chapter of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) said.Yahya Thalangara, general secretary of KMCC, UAE chapter said Air India had given a good package for chartering the flight.
Earlier, Kairali Television, a premier Malayalam television channel, had chartered an aircraft for 160 amnesty-seekers who were taken to Cochin a week ago.
09/08/07 PTI/The Hindu

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Categories: Foreign Aug 2007