UK to deploy 7 more flights to evacuate COVID-19 stranded British travellers from India
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The UK announced seven further charter flights to bring over 2,000 stranded British travellers stranded in India due to the lockdown back home. All the new flights are between Amritsar and London to cater to the thousands still stranded in Punjab, with a daily flight planned every day between May 5 and 11. Once these flights are completed, over 15,000 British travellers will have been brought back from India on 59 flights.