Nedumbassery: More than 2,000 expatriates arrived at the Cochin International Airport in Nedumbassery on Tuesday in 12 flights from various parts of the world.
An Air India flight from Cebu in Philippines was supposed to arrive at Kochi at 7am via Mumbai and Chennai. However, the flight was delayed and arrived at 8:52am.
Two Air Arabia services from Sharjah landed at 1am and 1:30 am. Another reached Kochi at 12:30 pm.
A SalamAir flight from Muscat arrived at 11:15am and an Indigo service from Doha flew in at 1:55pm.
There is also an Air India Express flight from Dubai that landed at 5:40pm, and a flydubai service, again from Dubai, that arrived at 10:15pm.
An Indigo flight brought passengers from Dammam in Saudi Arabia and reached at night at 9:30pm.
A GoAir flight from Kuwait landed at Kochi at 6:50pm.
There were two Gulf Air flights from Bahrain: one arrived at 8:30pm and the other at 11pm.
On Monday, over 1,700 passengers arrived at the international terminal in eight flights. Also, 32 services arrived and departed from the domestic terminal.
International passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country. However, the government started Vande Bharat Mission on May 7 to help stranded people reach their destinations through special flights.
Currently, the third phase of the Vande Bharat Mission is going on and will end on July 2. In this phase, 432 international flights from 42 countries had been scheduled.
Ever since the mission was launched, close to two lakh Indians have returned home.