Saudi firm sends 1,600 Indians home via chartered flights

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Updated At : 11:55 AM Jun 10, 2020 IST

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Kochi: In one of the largest Covid-19-related repatriations from the Gulf by a private employer, a Saudi Arabia-based company has begun operating chartered flights to send home over 1,600 of its Indian employees. In a statement here, Expertise Contracting Company said six of the flights have already reached Chennai and Hyderabad on June 5, Ahmedabad and Delhi on June 6 and Mangaluru and Chennai on June 7. The operations would conclude on June 11, with altogether nine flights to India. PTI

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