AI, IndiGo run special flights to help Indians return home

NEW DELHI: Indians stranded in Nepal will have special flights operated by Air India and IndiGo to choose from along with regular services if they want to fly back home, aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Wednesday after the Kathmandu airport reopened.

The Union govt asked airlines to cap fares "at reasonable levels", pre-empting the possibility of dynamic pricing kicking in as demand peaks. An AI flight took off from Delhi Wednesday night and is expected back early Thursday.

"...With the opening of the airport operation in Kathmandu, the aviation ministry in coordination with Air India & IndiGo, has arranged additional flights Wednesday evening & over the next few days, alongside scheduled services resuming Thursday," Naidu wrote on X.

Air India Express, which has a daily flight between Bengaluru and Kathmandu, offered guests booked to travel to or from Nepal up to Sept 17, 2025, the flexibility to freely reschedule their journeys to any future travel date with a complete waiver of change fees or any fare difference. tnn