Govt to use five hubs to bring back Indians on Vande Bharat flights

Over 275 Indians stranded in Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Netherlands returned via Amsterdam in first such flight on Wednesday

The Ministry of External Affairs is co-ordinating with Air India and other foreign airlines to bring stranded Indians via aviation hubs of Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt and New York.

Over 275 Indians arrived in Mumbai on a KLM Boeing-777 aircraft from Amsterdam in a first such hub flight on Wednesday. The returnees included stranded Indians from Mexico, Peru, Portugal and the Netherlands. 

The government launched the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate over 300,000 Indians from various countries. Around 34,000 have already returned home on Air India and Air India Express flights since May 7. Some 1,500 Indians were brought