Ukraine crisis: All ATCs, including Pakistan, provided direct routes in evacuation mission, says Air India Pilot
A special evacuation flight of Air India carrying 250 Indians landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of February 27. Air India's AI-1942 is operating as a special charter flight from Bucharest to Delhi Airport. "It was a well-coordinated effort. It was special for us to airlift them (Indian students) back into their home country. We are glad to complete this process on time," said Captain Anchit Bhardwaj on being asked about the challenges he faced. “We had quite good support from the Air Traffic Control network all the way from Romania back into India via Tehran and Pakistan. We were provided direct routes without even asking for them”, he added.