Authorities confirm a total of 131 stranded Thai nationals have been repatriated to their home country.
The stranded foreigners left for their home country on a Maldivian Airlines flight, as reported by local authorities.
The national carrier of Maldives confirm it has worked cohesively with Thai Consulate in the country to repatriate Thai nationals requested for repatriation.
The consulate attests this was the second flight for voluntary repatriation focused exclusively for Thai nationals.
Maldives government is currently attempting to repatriate all stranded tourists and expatriates to their home countries amid international restrictions on aviation.
The global aviation industry has fallen into a limbo amid the presisting Covid-19 pandemic which have slowed down international carriers; while many major airlines have been forced to ground their fleet.
Meanwhile, Maldives have repatriated 68 Bangladeshis through the country's Air Force. The repatriated Bangladesh expats included 29 individuals under Maldives Immigration's detention center.
Additionally a total of 701 expatriates, requesting voluntarily for seats on flights on evacuation flights from Italy, Indonesia and the Philippines were repatriated back to their home countries.
