Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) is planning to fly Yangon-New Delhi-Yangon relief flight to evacuate its citizens in New Delhi on August 14, sources said.

Passengers planning to fly to India also can board the plane but they need documentation to enter into India.

The flight will carry back passengers listed by Myanmar embassy in India.

More than 8,000 Myanmar citizens in Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Philippines, Bangladesh, Japan, United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Taiwan, China (Taipei) and China  are carried back using 56 relief flights and the government is negotiating with respective countries to bring back about 1,800 Myanmar citizens using 13 relief flights during August, said Kyaw Tin, Union Minister for International Cooperation during an online meeting with two women returned from Australia and India on July 14.