Trichy: Sunday marks the first anniversary of Vande Bharat Mission flights operated from Trichy international airport, which beat even major airports in the country in bringing back Indians stranded overseas.
The first flight under the mission took off to Kuala Lumpur to bring back 179 passengers on May 9, 2020. It was flown by an all-woman crew in connection with Mother’s Day. Since then, around 995 flights have been operated under Vande Bharat Mission bringing 1.45 lakh passengers to India through the airport. Out of the 995, the most number of flights, 262, were operated from Singapore alone. This was followed by Dubai, 220, while 113 flights were operated from Kaula Lampur.
The first Vande Bharat Mission flight was operated between Abu Dhabi and Kochi on May 6. The flights were allotted and operated based on registration by the stranded people with overseas Indian missions. “Trichy international airport became more popular because it handled more number of passengers under the mission than Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata airports,” said H Ubaidullah, aviation analyst.
09/05/21 Sampath Kumar/Times of India
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