On Thursday 23rd April, the UK in collaboration with the Indian Government announced additional 14 chartered flights to repatriate 3,600 more stranded British from India. Following is the detail of the scheduled flights:
· Amritsar to London: 28 April, 29 April, 30 April, 1 May, 2 May (x 2), 3 May, 4 May
· Ahmedabad to London: 28 April, 29 April, 1 May, 3 May, 4 May
· Delhi to London: 30 April
Following the latest announcement, the FCO estimates to have flown over 13,000 stranded Britons in India to the UK through a total of 52 chartered flights from India. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said,
“Travel to and from India is severely restricted and so we have organised a series of charter flights. Through these 52 UK charter flights, we will have brought back 13,000 people and our staff in India will continue to support all those UK nationals who need our help.”
There has been a huge demand for these flights, with seats now being allocated to those already registered via the government’s online booking portal - CTM.
UK Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon said: “We have already helped over 6,500 people return from India since we began our charter flight programme, with a further 7,000 due to return in the coming weeks.”
