Vande Bharat Mission Phase II: Air India to operate select repatriation flights to 32 countries from May 16

National carrier Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express will expand their scope of operations under the 'Vande Bharat' air repatriation operations and are likely to operate flights to 32 countries from May 16. At present, two airlines are flying back Indian citizens from 12 countries under the phase 1 of the Vande Bharat mission. In the phase-II, both the airlines will start operating flights to 32 countries to repatriate more Indian citizens.