Press Release l More than 2,17,000 flights operated under Vande Bharat Mission


During the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of India has undertaken the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indian nationals and also to facilitate travel of passengers between India and various parts of the world.
 

As on 31.10.2021, more than 2,17,000 flights have been operated under Vande Bharat Mission and over 1.83 crore passengers have been facilitated. State-wise distribution of inbound and out bound passengers may be seen at Annexure-A. The operations under Vande Bharat Mission were commercial operations by the airlines and air fares were paid by passengers. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has not provided any subsidy/grant for the Vande Bharat Mission.

ANNEXURE-A

Details of passengers (outbound and inbound) who have travelled on Vande Bharat Mission
 

States / UTs

From 01.04.20201 to 31.10.2021

Outbound

Inbound

Total

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

ISLANDS

 

13

 

13

 

26

ANDHRA PRADESH

1922

94244

96166

ASSAM

35

349

384

BIHAR

1162

11914

13076

CHANDIGARH

4138

11617

15755

DELHI

2943325

2760000

5703325

GOA

28752

36798

65550

GUJARAT

183053

210417

393470

KARNATAKA

558673

593321

1151994

KERALA

2067447

2399688

4467135

MAHARASHTRA

1298689

1009619

2308308

MANIPUR

12

19

31

MADHYA PRADESH

1504

1393

2897

ODISHA

723

5425

6148

PUNJAB

169878

151064

320942

RAJASTHAN

71123

111370

182493

TELANGANA

496173

638225

1134398

TAMIL NADU

670368

905845

1576213

UTTAR PRADESH

185601

487682

673283

WEST BENGAL

114743

133567

248310

Grand Total

8797334

9562570

18359904

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.