Air Madagascar evacuates 61 Indians through historic flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai

In a historic first ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai, Air Madagascar evacuated 61 Indians on August 19.

It will also bring back about 160 Malagasy citizens from India on August 20.

Speaking on the occasion, India's Ambassador to Madagascar, Abhay Kumar said, "We at the Embassy of India in Antananarivo have been working hard to make this flight possible.

It is the first direct flight between India and Madagascar, between Antananarivo and Mumbai, which is a historic moment." It will take about 6 and half hours to fly from Madagascar's capital Antananarivo to India's financial capital Mumbai.

Earlier in June this year 85 Indians were evacuated from Madagascar.

Last year, Air Madagascar had planned to start a direct flight between Antananarivo and Mumbai from June this year however because of the global pandemic the situation has changed.