With India’s flight ban still in place, Air India is working with Delta to repatriate US citizens stuck in the country. Air India is providing domestic connections for passengers as Delta operates the long-haul India-US flights. The first of these flights flew last Saturday, carrying 287 Americans from Mumbai to Atlanta.
India’s international flight ban has left thousands of foreign nationals stranded in India in these uncertain times. Air India is operating a number of repatriation flights for foreign nationals, including to Europe and the US, to help as many as possible. India has also allowed a number of countries to operate repatriation flights for its citizens.
The US repatriation flights are being operated by Delta and United from New Delhi and Mumbai to San Francisco and Atlanta, respectively. Both these carriers previously flew commercial flights on similar routes (Delta flew to JFK, not Atlanta) which is probably why they were chosen for this mission.
The flight from Mumbai to Atlanta is operated as DL8875 and takes over 16 hours to complete. According to FlightAware, Delta has operated five of these flights since last week and is planning to continue operating the flights this week.
Air India is operating domestic flights to connect citizens from all over the country to Delhi and Mumbai. The airline is using its A320s to fly routes such as Hyderabad to Mumbai for this purpose. It also seems that the airline is also following strict social distancing measures, with only around 85 passengers on each A320. This represents just around half the capacity of the plane and this is likely to ensure separation between passengers in line with draft rules.
14/04/20 Syd Sharma/Simple Flying
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India’s international flight ban has left thousands of foreign nationals stranded in India in these uncertain times. Air India is operating a number of repatriation flights for foreign nationals, including to Europe and the US, to help as many as possible. India has also allowed a number of countries to operate repatriation flights for its citizens.
The US repatriation flights are being operated by Delta and United from New Delhi and Mumbai to San Francisco and Atlanta, respectively. Both these carriers previously flew commercial flights on similar routes (Delta flew to JFK, not Atlanta) which is probably why they were chosen for this mission.
The flight from Mumbai to Atlanta is operated as DL8875 and takes over 16 hours to complete. According to FlightAware, Delta has operated five of these flights since last week and is planning to continue operating the flights this week.
Air India is operating domestic flights to connect citizens from all over the country to Delhi and Mumbai. The airline is using its A320s to fly routes such as Hyderabad to Mumbai for this purpose. It also seems that the airline is also following strict social distancing measures, with only around 85 passengers on each A320. This represents just around half the capacity of the plane and this is likely to ensure separation between passengers in line with draft rules.
14/04/20 Syd Sharma/Simple Flying
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