29,000 went back to India from Bahrain, 87 Gulf Air Flights

Manama 

Over 29,000 Indian nationals were repatriated from Bahrain to India through VandeBharatMission, which is now in its seventh Phase, said Indian Embassy in Bahrain.

This milestone achievement reached with the taking off of the mission’s 100th flight carrying 120 passengers on Sunday.

Norbu Negi, Second secretary of the India Embassy, Bahrain, was there at the airport to see off the passengers of the 100th flight from Bahrain to India.

India Embassy tweeted that the mission included over 87 Gulf Air Flights.

This is in addition to the over 5,000 Indian Nationals who were flown back through the ‘Air Bubble” arrangement between India and Bahrain signed earlier in September. The deal allows airlines of both countries to operate international passenger flights with certain restrictions. Bahraini and Indian nationals holding a valid visa can make use of the opportunity.

Till date, Vande Bharat Mission or VBM has arranged over 992,000 chartered flights to bring back more than 1,686,000 nationals to India.

In Phase 6 of the mission, which lasted 34 days, a total of 129,197 passengers flew back to India with VBM chartering 904 flights.

Overall Air India group operated 3,126 flights to bring back 529,099 passengers during the Phase-6 period of VBM.