By IANS,
New Delhi: Flag carrier Air India Thursday said it had brought back around 3,000 Indians from Tripoli, the capital of strife-torn Libya, since it began evacuation operations Feb 26.
“Air India has successfully brought back around 3,000 stranded Indians from Libya till now,” an Air India spokesman said.
According to the spokesman, the airline had operated nine special flights so far, while three flights were sent to Tripoli early Wednesday and returned to Delhi early Thursday.
“Air India operated three flights from Delhi to Tripoli and back with one Airbus A-330 and two Boeing 747-400 aircraft,” the official said.
He further said that the flag-carrier evacuated more than 1,000 Indians on the three flights, bringing the total number of evacuees to around 3,000.
Air India is currently carrying out the evacuation by two aircraft – an Airbus A-330 and Boeing 747 – which operate from Terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.