The Andhra Pradesh government said fishermen stranded off Odisha's Paradip coast have been rescued and are returning safely, while search operations continue for six others missing off the Visakhapatnam coast.

The inaugural service, Flight AI1111, departed from Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at 9:23 am, carrying passengers who will connect through Delhi to international destinations including Dubai, Colombo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kathmandu and Phuket