Embassy of India Havana *** 14 June 2020 Advisory for flights from

Embassy of India

Havana

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14 June 2020

Advisory for flights from Paris under Vande Bharat Mission

Schedule of confirmed Air India Special flights from Paris to various

destinations in India under Phase-III of Government of India’s Vande

Bharat Mission (VBM) to repatriate Indian nationals and OCI card holders to

India, as on June 13 is:

AI 0142 (Paris-Delhi-Bengaluru, June 15, 2020)

AI 0142 (Paris-Delhi-Chennai, June 17, 2020)

AI 1118 (Paris-Mumbai-Vijayawada-Hyderabad, June 23, 2020)

2. Air tickets for the above Special flights from Paris may be purchased

directly on Air India website [http://www.airindia.in/]. Such passengers who

had booked flights for other dates from Paris are requested to reach out to Air

India/Embassy of India in Paris at [email protected]n to rebook their tickets

in the above flights.

3. Only those Indian nationals and OCI Card holders who have compelling

reasons to return to India and who have registered with the Embassy of India in

Paris or at Indian Embassies located in any other country will be eligible to

avail the Special Air India flights to India. Passengers would have to bear the

cost of the aforesaid air tickets.

4. All passengers will be required to undergo medical screening before

boarding the flight and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to travel.

5. Passengers availing VBM flights will have to undergo mandatory

quarantine for 14 days as stipulated in Ministry of Home Affairs order dated 24

May

2020 [https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHAOrderDt24052020forspec

ifiedpersonstotravelabroad.pdf] and submit an Undertaking-cum-Indemnity

Bond(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P8unMn10GZW9W9Ie2x_3YPkypEYCb

61I/view) before boarding the flight at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

6. Passengers wanting to avail these flights from outside France need to

fill up the following form before arriving at the Paris CDG Airport:

Form in English

: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IL85tdjSZQCWCHnFWrtmh8g_Zkj7brdv/vi

Form in French

: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xNryFvgNwl4dQ4nUEjcpliqbwPdfNvyZ/vie

No passenger would be allowed to enter into France. They would however be

permitted to stay in the international Transit Area of the Paris CDG airport for

only up to 24 hours of their arrival in France. No Transit Visa will be required

for the purpose. Such passengers should try their best to Check-in their

unaccompanied baggage directly from the port of their boarding to their

destination in India in case foreign airlines/chartered flights permit the

same. Otherwise, the baggage has to be Checked-in again by Air India in Paris.

Passengers should in any case tie a Red Ribbon on the handle of their bags.

When the unaccompanied baggage reach Paris, it would be easier for the Air

India baggage handler to identify such baggage and collect them for onward

Checking in the Special flights. Passengers would not be allowed to access the

Baggage collection Belt at the CDG Airport in Paris and would have to remain

in the International Transit Area from where Air India will issue the Boarding

Passes for their onward journey to India.

7. All passengers upon their arrival in India will be medically screened and

would have to download and register on Arogya Setu app as also follow the

Protocols and guidelines of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry

of Civil Aviation and other concerned authorities of Government of India before

and during the journey and upon their arrival in India

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