<span style="color: #222222;">Nine flights from the Gulf countries under the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) took off today for various destinations in India with more than 1635 passengers on board.From UAE , there were six flights in all.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' From Dubai , five flights took off for Kochi , Kannur , Hyderabad, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram carrying more than 900 passengers. From Abu Dhabi, one flight to Kochi took back 177 passengers and six infants.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' From Oman , there were two flights . One flight was from Muscat to Kozhikode and the other from Salalah to Kunnur. More than 350 passengers from Oman returned to India today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bahrain to Kochi flight under the Vande Bharat Mission had 180 passengers and seven infants. Priority is being given to distressed workers, stranded tourists, pregnant women , medical emergency cases and senior citizens.<br />'' <br />'' <br />'' </span><br />