To further boost the ongoing repatriation efforts under ‘Operation Kaveri’ of the Union government, Indian carrier IndiGo joined the mission and with 231 stranded Indians took off from Jeddah.
“Indigo joins #OperationKaveri. 231 Indians in a flight to New Delhi from Jeddah. With this 5th outbound flight, around 1600 reached or airborne for India. Happy journey. Our Mission continues,” Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan tweeted.
“We have offered our services for charter flights to Jeddah under the Indian Government’s Operation Kaveri rescue mission of our citizens from Sudan. We are still awaiting details from the ministry to launch these flights, nothing has been confirmed as of yet,” IndiGo Airlines said in a statement.
Airlines had earlier expressed their willingness in participating in the ongoing evacuation of stranded Indians in the strife-torn African country under ‘Operation Kaveri’.
IndiGo said it remains committed to supporting the Central government’s mission to evacuate Indian citizens from Sudan.
The airline crew stepped forward to respond to the critical humanitarian need of the hour, enabling the safe return of the stranded citizens back to their families and homes.
