An Air India plane departed from the Mumbai airport on Saturday morning for Romanian capital Bucharest to evacuate Indians stranded
Ukraine
The fate of the world’s biggest completely operating aircraft is uncertain in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
An Air India plane flying to Ukraine to bring home Indians is turning back for Delhi after Ukraine told it has closed its airspace amid Russian military operations in its eastern breakaway places. Thousands of Indians are waiting to fly back home from Ukraine amid a conflict with Russia.
The Dreamliner B-787 aircraft, with a total of over 200 seats, has been deployed for the special operation.
Indian authorities are in discussions with several airlines on increasing the number of flights from Ukraine to facilitate the recovery of Indians who want to leave the eastern European nation amid tensions over a Russian troop build-up
Ukraine International Airlines has declared its intentions to start flying to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Operating Embraer 190 aircraft, the carrier will link the Norwegian city with its Kyiv–Boryspil hub three times a week. Service on the latest route is set to start in June, with UIA being the first Ukrainian airline to have a presence on this passage.