Manama: Flights between India and the UAE will resume from Friday till August 15, Air India Express announced late Thursday.
The airline opened bookings for India-UAE flights on the departure leg of the repatriation flights.
The news comes as a welcome break for many residents who have been stranded in India since March.
This is the second time that the two countries are operating flights to and fro India for stranded expats returning to the UAE. During the first phase, plenty of the UAE residents stuck in India returned on the departure leg of repatriation flights under VBM from July 12 to 26.
According to the agreement announced by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation on July 9, valid UAE visa holders can fly back to the emirates on the Indian government's Vande Bharat Mission flights or the UAE charter flights in its return leg.
The booking is open for residence visa holders with ICA or GDRFA approval and a valid Covid-19 PCR test report in the printed form, from a government-approved laboratory.
Happy news for passengers to the UAE. We are happy to take you to your loved ones. Fly from tomorrow. Bookings are open now,” the airline tweeted at 7.03pm in the UAE.
