Girl,7, flies alone from Hyderabad, mother receives her in Mysuru

Mysuru: An unaccompanied 7-year-old was among the several air passengers who arrived at the Mysuru airport on Tuesday.
Syeda Umme Hani travelled alone from Hyderabad to Mysuru as her parents Syed Abdul Umair and mother Arjuman Banu waited with bated breath for nearly two hours.
Hani was greeted at the airport by her mother who saw her after three months.
Hani’s father is a businessman in Hyderabad while mother, a clinical pharmacologist, lives in Mysuru. Hani, a student of Flos Carmeli Convent, Kesare, in north Mysuru, had travelled with her father to Hyderabad in mid-March during her holidays, while her younger brother and mother stayed in Mysuru. Soon after, nationwide lockdown was announced restricting inter-state movement.
“Hani came running on seeing me at the airport and she hugged me for over seven minutes,” said Arjuman. “We had not seen each other since March 16. As there was restriction of inter-state movement and travellers had to undergo quarantine for a period on their return, we were caught in a tricky situation. Then, we decided to allow her to travel solo after flight services were resumed,” she added
“It was her first flight journey. She wanted to return to Mysuru as it was a long stay away from mother. She agreed to travel alone,” Arjuman said.
Alliance Air employees helped Hani in the journey, said the mother.
Mysuru airport director R Manjunath confirmed to TOI that the girl had travelled unaccompanied in the Alliance Air flight from Hyderabad to Mysuru on Tuesday.