KOCHI: Air India Express will operate thirteen services for expatriates coming to India. Air India said 2000 employees including 60 pilots are partaking in the mission. Food and water for the passengers will be taken from India. Employees for the first schedule have completed the COVID-19 test. Meantime, only one flight with stranded Indians will reach Nedumbassery tomorrow. CIAL authorities said the flight from Doha has been postponed to Saturday.

Indians will be brought to ten states of the country in 64 airline services from 12 countries. The plan made is to bring them from tomorrow till May 13. There will be services from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Malaysia to Kerala. The expatriates themselves should bear the travel expenses and the expenses at the time of quarantine.