India will fly at least 46 evacuation flights from countries neighbouring Ukraine. Under the evacuation plan "Operation Ganga", the 46 flights are scheduled till March 8.
The Air India flight AI 1947 started from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi at around 7.30 am for Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv.
India has deployed Dreamliner B-787 aircraft for carrying out this special operation under which flights were made operational from Kharkiv in Ukraine to New Delhi.