{"id":65713,"date":"2024-07-05T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=65713"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:37:13","slug":"vistara-uk1845-flight-for-team-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/vistara-uk1845-flight-for-team-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Vistara Operates Special UK1845 flight for Team India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MUMBAI-<\/strong> Tata owned Vistara Airline (UK) <\/a>honored two of India’s cricket legends, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, with a special flight number UK1845.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian team traveled from Delhi (DEL) to Mumbai (BOM) on a Vistara flight, designated with the call sign ‘UK1845<\/strong>,’ representing Kohli’s jersey number 18 and Sharma’s jersey number 45. This comes after the star players announced their retirement from T20Is following their T20 World Cup victory in Barbados on June 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: UK A20N VT-TNQ @ UK105 | Vistara Airbus A320-251N VT-TNQ (MS\u2026 | Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vistara UK1845 Special Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The flight departed from Delhi at 2:55 pm and is expected to arrive in Mumbai at 5:20 pm, landing at Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday (July 4, 2024), the Indian cricket team landed in Mumbai<\/a>, and their special flight, Vistara UK1845<\/strong>, received a water salute at the airport. Rohit Sharma and his team departed from New Delhi in the afternoon after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving in Mumbai, Rohit Sharma\u2019s team and support staff headed to the Wankhede Stadium at the city’s southern tip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The iconic stadium, which saw India\u2019s last ODI World Cup triumph in 2011, had its stands packed with passionate fans, while thousands more waited outside as the gates closed around 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan – Air India B777-200LR(VT-ALC), CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=23457910<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Indian team has had a busy schedule since their return to India, bringing the trophy home. An Air India charter flight had earlier brought the team and journalists back from Barbados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a 16-hour journey, the World Champions arrived in India early on July 4, with the Air India (AI) flight bearing the call sign ‘AIC24WC<\/strong><\/a>,’ symbolizing India’s T20 World Cup win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The champion team received a rousing reception from fans who thronged the Delhi airport to welcome their heroes. Rohit Sharma lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy as fans went wild, eager to catch a glimpse of the Indian team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team then proceeded to the ITC Maurya hotel in Delhi for a cake-cutting ceremony. They soon visited PM Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg, where they enjoyed a light-hearted interaction and took photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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