Vande Bharat Mission: 25,000 people have travelled from Australia to India since May

25,000 stranded Indian nationals and OCI cardholders have travelled to India since May when the government of India launched its Vande Bharat Mission.

Source: twitter.com/AusHCIndia

The Indian High Commission in Australia says 25,000 Indians have been repatriated from Australia.

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Highlights:

• 25,000 people have travelled from Australia to India since May.
• 116 flights have been organised under Vande Bharat Mission so far.
• Nine flights are available in December 2020.

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"VandeBharatMission reaches a milestone in Australia. Till date, 25,000 stranded Indian nationals / OCIs safely repatriated through 116 Air India and charter flights from Australia," the Indian high commission tweeted.

The Aviation Ministry of India launched the Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indians stranded around the world due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

According to India's Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, more than 3.3 million stranded people have been helped under Vande Bharat Mission since 6 May 2020.

"We reached out to our citizens stranded around the world due to conditions necessitated by the pandemic & launched Vande Bharat Mission, world's largest repatriation mission of its kind on 6 May 2020," said Mr Puri in a tweet.

Under this mission's seventh phase, nine flights have been announced for December.

Indian nationals leaving Sydney on an Air India repatrtaion flight. Source: twitter.com/cgisydney

India's national carrier, Air India, has announced nine flights from India to Australia, and a similar number of flights from Australia to India.

All these flights are between Sydney and New Delhi.

Here is the schedule:

Delhi to Sydney

02-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 03-Dec-20

05-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 06-Dec-20

09-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 10-Dec-20

12-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 13-Dec-20

16-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 17-Dec-20

19-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 20-Dec-20

23-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 24-Dec-20

26-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 27-Dec-20

30-Dec-20 DELHI 13:55 SYDNEY 08:20 31-Dec-20

Sydney to Delhi

04-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 04-Dec-20

07-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 07-Dec-20

11-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 11-Dec-20

14-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 14-Dec-20

18-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 18-Dec-20

21-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 21-Dec-20

25-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 25-Dec-20

28-Dec-20 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 28-Dec-20

01-Jan-21 SYDNEY 10:15 DELHI 18:05 01-Jan-21

Flights from Delhi to Sydney are crucial for people who want to travel to Australia, as currently there are few options available for them. Hundreds of Australians are stuck in India due to the border closures.

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