Australians travelling home Rescue flight carrying 444 Australian passengers lands in Melbourne. Passengers erupted in loud cheers and applause as the charter flight carrying the first batch of Australians who were stuck in India’s coronavirus lockdown touched down in Melbourne.
A group of 444 Australians, including 33 infants, who had been stuck in India arrived in Melbourne aboard a Lion Air chartered flight from New Delhi, 8 pm on Sunday.
The rescue operation was spearheaded by Sydney-based Dr Jagvinder Singh virk, the chairman of the India Australia Strategic Alliance, who was streamlining the process from Australia & by Simon Quinn, an Australian expat living in New Delhi alongside
Together they reached out to charter companies to organise an aircraft and to set up an online ticketing system for the passengers.I am overwhelmed. The thanks Messages from passengers are just unstoppable. It feels like we are all part of one big family and our loved ones have finally returned home, Dr Virk Said.
He also Added 4 More Full Flights will be coming to Australia from India.Four more flights are now open. The SECOND flight will depart NEW DELHI on THURSDAY 16th APRIL 2020 at 1200. The destination is MELBOURNE.
The THIRD flight will depart NEW DELHI on SATURDAY 18th APRIL 2020 at 1200. The destination is MELBOURNE. The Fourth Flight will Depart Chennai to Melbourne on 19th April.
The Fifth Flight will Depart Mumbai to Melbourne on 20th April. Dr Virk special thanks to Hon Anurag Thakur , Hon Hardeep puri ji , Hon Jaishanker ji, & Invest India CEO Deepak Bagla ji & Other Team Members & Friends who helped in this Mission..
