Muscat: Seventeen flights to as many cities have been organised over the rest of this week to repatriate foreign nationals from Oman who wish to travel home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The flights will take off between July 14 and 18 to cities in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Germany and Greece. Some of these flights are part of repatriation plans organised by governments of countries that have large numbers of their workers in Oman.
Indian nationals who wish to travel on Vande Bharat repatriation flights need to fill in their details in a Google document that has been shared on the Embassy of India in Oman’s website and social media pages. A Vande Bharat flight will land in India, at both Mangalore and Bangalore airports on July 14 .
Other flights organised on July 14 are: Oman Air flight to Athens, SalamAir flights to Sialkot in Pakistan and Alexandria in Egypt, Times of Oman reported.
“Oman Air will operate a special flight between Muscat and Athens on July 14, 2020,” said the airline. “For bookings or additional information, email us on mct.sales@omanair.com.”
Three flights will take off on July 15, their destinations being Srinagar in India, Multan in Pakistan, and Cairo in Egypt. On July 16, three SalamAir flights will head to Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar in Pakistan, an Oman Air flight will travel to Frankfurt in Germany, and one more Vande Bharat aircraft will land at Lucknow in north India.
The flight to Frankfurt is among three scheduled during the coming weeks, with the other two planned for July 22 and 29. “For bookings or additional information, call +968 9356 1117/ +968 2476 5142 or email mct.sales@omanair.com between 0800-1600 hrs Muscat local time,” said Oman Air in a statement regarding passenger bookings for these planes.
On July 17, two Vande Bharat flights will take off from Muscat and land in Vijayawada and Mumbai, while on July 18, one has been scheduled to land in Delhi.
Those who wish to travel on any of the flights to India, while filling their information, must mention the flight on which they wish to travel, and provide contact details including their name, age, gender, passport number, and the reason they need to travel to India.
Passengers with most compelling reasons will be given first preference to board these planes. They are also required to provide their contact numbers in both India and Oman, their home state, and their reasons for travelling overseas in the first place.
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