139 5529 34147 cusco international airportlima international airport miami international airport the flight, chartered by latam airlines, departed from cusco, a southeastern city in peru, with 38 taiwanese on board, then flew to the capital, lima, to pick up an additional 17 taiwanese nationals. another 84 passengers of four different nationalities—japan, singapore, malaysia, and the u.s. – bringing the total number of passengers to 139. the flight landed in miami and all the passengers can choose to stay in the city or bound to their own country. 2020-03-30 shanghai pudong international airport taoyuan international airport two flights operated by china airlines between taoyuan and shanghai will be opened to transport taiwanese nationals in hubei province home. 2020-03-31 australia 260 lima international airport sydney international airport a group of about 260 australians who paid at least $5,160 each for an evacuation flight out of peru have returned home. 2020-03-31 south korea 309 milan malpensa airport incheon international airport a korean air charted flight brought 309 korean from milan to incheon. 2020-04-01 united states bogota el dorado international airport eglin air force base the u.s. embassy, in conjunction with the u.s. department of defense, has organised an evacuation flight for u.s. citizens from el dorado airport in bogota to eglin air force base in destin, fl. 2020-04-01 300 monrovia roberts international airport washington dulles international airport the embassy of the united states in liberia has announced the arrival of a second charted flight to evacuate its citizens from liberia though the country has reported only three confirmed cases of covid-19. 2020-04-01 switzerland 203 (dual citizenship with british national overseas passport) yangon international airport zurich airport an edelweiss air charted flight brought 203 swiss, british, norwegian, eu, american and canadian nationals from yangon to zurich. the first direct flight from myanmar to europe. 2020-04-01 south korea 205 leonardo da vinci–fiumicino airport milan malpensa airport incheon international airport a korean air charted flight brought 205 korean from rome and milan to incheon. 2020-04-02 united states bogota el dorado international airport fort lauderdale–hollywood international airport the u.s. embassy announced that spirit airlines will operate a humanitarian flight from bogota, colombia on 2 april 2020. the flight will depart from el dorado international airport and arrive at fort lauderdale – hollywood international airport in fort lauderdale, florida. 2020-04-03 hong kong 76 6565 cusco international airportlima international airport london heathrow international airport the hong kong government has arranged a charted flight to bring 65 hong kongers, 6 malaysians and 5 britons from lima to london, then the hong kongers will go on board a regular connecting flight with secured bookings from london to hong kong. for those hong kongers and malaysians who are stranded in cusco, they will also take a domestic charted flight arranged by the hong kong government flying to lima. 2020-04-18 taiwan 60 dubai international airport taiwan taoyuan international airport the taiwanese government organised an emirates charter flight taking 60 taiwanese nationals back from uae to taiwan. 2020-04-21 brazil 368 hanoi–noi bai international airport bangkok–suvarnabhumi airport medan–kuala namu international airport são paulo–guarulhos international airport a garuda indonesia plane chartered by brazilian ministry of foreign affairs repatriated a total of 368 brazilians from vietnam, thailand, and indonesia to são paulo with stopover in amsterdam. the flight was planned to depart on 16 april but later rescheduled after qatari government denied the flight to make stopover in qatar. 2020-04-28 ukraine 259 miami international airport kyiv international airport 2020-04-30 hong kong 319 islamabad international airport hong kong international airport the very first flight to take back hong kongers from pakistan after the nationwide lockdown. an estimated number of 2000 hong kong citizens are stranded in different parts of the country. 2020-04-30 fiji melbourne international airport nadi international airport all guests are advised that only fiji citizens (fijian passport holders) are able to enter fiji at this time. as with all recent evacuation flights arrivals, all arriving guests will be required to go into self-isolation at a fijian government-mandated facility for 28 days. 2020-05-18 hong kong 249 indira gandhi international airport hong kong international airport the very first flight to take back hong kongers from india after the nationwide lockdown. an estimated number of 3500 hong kong citizens are stranded in different parts of the country. large-scale domestic evacuations france the french government has strategically moved coronavirus patients from harder-hit areas to those with less cases to spread out the strain on the hospital system. evacuations done for this purpose include one from corsica using a naval ship and a series of high-speed tgv trains from grand-est to other regions. india main article: evacuations by india related to the covid-19 pandemic throughout the covid-19 pandemic in india, the country's central and state governments coordinated numerous international and domestic evacuations. the indian government initiated a massive evacuation program called "vande bharat mission" on 7 may 2020. this involved flights via air india and its low-cost arm air india express. in the first three phases of the mission, the government did not allow private airlines to participate, though they have been allowed to participate in the fourth phase onwards. the government continues to set the fare, determine the routes and decide the number of flights. over 67,000 evacuation requests were registered by mea by 8 may 2020; twenty days later, the number of registrations had increased to over 300,000. it was initially predicted that the total number of civilians evacuated could surpass the kuwait airlift, with estimates ranging from 192,000 to 250,000. on 6 august, the mea declared that almost 950,000 indians were repatriated. philippines main article: evacuations by the philippines related to the covid-19 pandemic the national and local governments of philippines have established and facilitated a program to evacuate its citizens and local migrant workers from covid-19 hit regions to their home provinces. controversies and issues quarantine locations australian prime minister scott morrison announced plans in late january 2020 to quarantine australian citizens evacuated from wuhan, including children and the elderly, for a period of 14 days on christmas island. the decision to repatriate those citizens using controversial detention facilities formerly used to detain asylum seekers before they were shut down in 2018 has received criticism. controversially, the government plan also necessitates those evacuees to pay a fee of a$1,000, and would take them to perth after the quarantine period, where they would need to arrange their own transportation back to their home cities. the australian medical association, in a statement on the same day, stated that the decision to hold australian citizens in "a place where has been previously the focus of populations under enormous mental and physical trauma and anguish, is not a really appropriate solution." in some places, local residents rallied against the decision to quarantine evacuees in their region. residents of nautana protested against the indonesian government in early february 2020 for letting the evacuees stay there. hundreds staged demonstrations and burned tires. as a result, brimob and indonesian national armed forces troops were deployed to ensure stable security conditions. to protect and give health assurance to local people, president joko widodo ordered health minister terawan agus putranto to open a temporary office in natuna. in the philippines, the usage of the new clark city development as a quarantine site was met with opposition from the municipal council of capas. the local legislative said that they were not consulted by the national department of health and the bases conversion and development authority regarding the plan and suggested the national government to consider a more isolated area as a quarantine site. after healthy ukrainian evacuees returned from wuhan to ukraine on 20 february 2020, misinformation caused riots as protestors railed against the decision to quarantine the passengers nearby the day after they flew back, and the evacuees' bus was attacked. fees and payment responsibility due to the nature of evacuation flights, being flown empty one-way and being arranged by charter airlines in many cases at short notice, many passengers have had to pay substantial fees for a seat. notably, the u.s. department of state couldn't show that the prices it charged passengers for some chartered flights complied with its fare policy because it didn't have written guidance for calculating and documenting actual costs. in the united states, a bill was introduced in congress to propose waiving travel expenses for us citizens evacuated. and in nigeria, flights have been subsidised by the government. indian migrant workers also suffered with high prices, which were compounded by their lack of income due to the lockdown and economic downturn. in response, the jharkhand government and congress party branch said it would pay train fares for migrants leaving the state as well as organise special trains for residents to get to their hometowns. improper procedures in the united states, a department of health and human services employee claimed that the workers who received americans from the first evacuation from wuhan were inadequately trained and equipped. notes includes non-resident indians (nris) and persons of indian origin (pios). pios, are technically foreign citizens. at least 15 foreign citizens were evacuated. this figure was based on a 25 may flight which evacuated south korean, japanese, and american citizens. only flights activated under and/or sponsored by the eu civil protection mechanism. as of 2 april 2020. as of 30 september 2019, the peace corps had 7,334 members serving or being trained. if all passengers were nationals of the country that organised the evacuation, no note is made. 54 new zealand citizens and 44 chinese new zealand permanent residents 23 australian citizens and 12 chinese australian permanent residents