New Delhi: A total of 1,034 Indians arrived here by three special flights of Air India today from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees from the north African country to 3,262.
From today, private carriers also joined the evacuation exercise along with the flag carrier, following directions from the Government.
Jet Airways will be sending a 170-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Djerba in Tunisia from Mumbai to bring back around 1,400 Indians who have reached there and are housed in local hotels by Indian Embassy personnel.
Also, Kingfisher operated a flight, an Airbus 321 with a seating capacity of 196, from here for Borg-el-Arab airport in Alexandria in Egypt to bring back Indians who have crossed over to that country.
03/03/11 PTI/Times of India
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