Infosys booked a chartered flight for its staff members and family members stranded in the US.
Highlights
- Infosys workforce and their people were being flown to Bengaluru on Monday
- The staff will operate from Bengaluru or other locations in India
- “Infosys: compassionate capitalism at perform,” Nandan Nilekani tweeted
Bengaluru:
IT big Infosys flew back again some of its workforce and their people who had been stranded in the United States because of to the coronavirus disaster and visa concerns. They were being flown back in a chartered flight. 200 persons, staff members and their family members, have been flown to Bengaluru, achieving early Monday early morning. They will be doing work from Bengaluru or other areas in India.
“Some of the Infosys staff members had been stranded in the US for the reason that of their visa expiration. All international flights had been suspended because of the pandemic,” Infosys govt Sanjeev Bode wrote in a LinkedIn submit.
“The company booked the very first at any time chartered flight completely for 200+ workforce and people from US to India. At the time of crafting the flight experienced landed securely in Bangalore, bringing an conclusion to weeks of dilemma similar to the uncertain circumstance,” he claimed on LinkedIn.
“Infosys: compassionate capitalism at function!” Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani wrote on Twitter, re-tweeting an Infosys employee’s publish which shared pics of households who returned.
Infosys: compassionate capitalism at function! https://t.co/x6VRZxojLi
— Nandan Nilekani (@NandanNilekani) July 6, 2020
India has extended the ban on international flights till July 31 as the country sets its “Unlock 2” strategy rolling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The civil aviation regulator DGCA mentioned the ban on all intercontinental flights has been extended till July 31 and only cargo and flights permitted by the DGCA will be allowed.
Air India and other non-public domestic airways have been working unscheduled international repatriation flights beneath the Vande Bharat Mission, which commenced on May 6.
The region resumed scheduled domestic passenger flights on May perhaps 25, just after a hole of two months considering that the coronavirus lockdown was very first introduced in late March.
The domestic flights are remaining operated underneath strict safety and social distancing pointers.
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