Emirates to start repatriation flights to India and back

Emirates will be operating special repatriation flights to five Indian cities between July 12 and 26 to assist stranded Indians get home and for residents of the UAE currently in India to return to the UAE. The flights will be operated to Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in this period.
There will be two daily flights to Bengaluru, Delhi and Kochi; three daily to Mumbai; and one daily to Thiruvananthapuram. The flights to Bengaluru and Mumbai are subject to state government approval.
Flights can be booked on the company website, through travel agents, Emirates’ sales offices and contact centre. Passengers must meet all the entry requirements of the destination to be allowed to board the flights.
For flights from Dubai to India, only Indian citizens stranded in the UAE will be allowed to fly from Dubai to the five Indian destinations. The flights from India to Dubai are for UAE nationals and residents with prior entry approval – from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs (GDFRA) for residents of Dubai and ICA approval for residents of other emirates of the UAE.
All passengers travelling from airports in India to Dubai are also required to carry a negative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) certificate issued by a laboratory authorised by the Government of India to be accepted on the flight. The certificates must be issued no more than 96 hours before departure, said the Emirates press release.