IndiGo said on August 4 that it operated a passenger charter flight from Moscow to Amritsar to Kochi on Sunday, bringing back a total of 212 Indians from the Russian capital.
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"The passengers who were mostly students flew home by the chartered flight en route Moscow - Amritsar - Kochi with the assistance of Embassy of India in Moscow, Russia and Nixtour India Private Limited," the airline said, in a press release.
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Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23 amid the pandemic.
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However, special international charter flights, permitted by the Indian aviation regulator DGCA, have been operating as usual.
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India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months due to the pandemic.
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