Air India to commence repatriation bookings from USA & Canada

Air India will be opening its bookings for special repatriation flights from various destinations in the USA and Canada, starting June 8.

In a tweet the airline said, “Indian citizens and OCI cardholders who wish to travel to India on evacuation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission, from USA and Canada, may kindly book tickets through the Air India website for flights on or after 11th June ’20.”

The air carrier further stated that it is mandatory for the applicants to be registered with the Local Embassy/High Commission, for the same.

Tickets on the Air India website will be available effective 2000 hours (IST) on June 8, which is equivalent to New York and Toronto (EDT 1030 hours of June 8), Chicago (CDT 0930 hours of June 8), and San Francisco (PDT 0730 hours of June 8, 2020).

Earlier, when the airline opened bookings on June 5, for flights originating from India to various destination in the USA, Canada, UK and Europe under phase-3 of the Vande Bharat Mission, there was “overwhelming” demand.

International flights are slated to resume in the third phase of unlocking of restrictions, but there is no deadline for it.

Air India is operating 75 additional flights to North America, like New York, Newark, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto this month and foreign nationals can fly out on them.