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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 8: As part of ferrying Kannadigas stranded in other countries back to their homes, a private flight carrying 169 passengers from Dammam touched down at the airport in the city on Sunday June 7. As many as 156 men and 13 women arrived by the said flight.

Health department officials who were present at the airport undertook health checks of passengers and sent them to quarantine facilities.

The third phase of 'Vande Bharat' mission of bringing Indians back from other countries will be undertaken from June 9 to 23. Flights from Dubai and Muscat will be bringing people to the city during this period.

The June 12 Air India flight from Dubai will leave Dubai at 13.50 local time and reach Bengaluru at 19.10 IST. It leaves at 20.10 hrs and reach Mangaluru at 21 hrs.

The flight from Muscat will leave at 12.10 local time on June 17 and reach Bengaluru at 17.20 hrs. It leaves Bengaluru at 18.20 hrs and reach Mangaluru at 19.15 hrs. So far there is no idea how many of the passengers would be bound for the city.

Two more flights from Kuwait are also expected to come here in the coming days. One of them will be part of the 'Vande Bharat' mission of the government, while the other has been privately booked. Specific dates of these flights have not yet been announced.