This follows seven charter flights, already launched, from Goa, Mumbai and New Delhi (8-12 April) and will take the total number of people brought back on these 19 flights to around 5,000.
The first charter flight from India arrived at London Stansted on Thursday morning, bringing back 317 from Goa.
The Foreign Office's Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon said:
We are doing all we can to get thousands of British travellers in India home. This is a huge and complex operation which also involves working with the Indian Government to enable people to move within India to get on these flights.
Over 300 people arrived from Goa on Thursday morning, 1,400 more will arrive over the Easter weekend and these 12 flights next week will bring back thousands more.
The following flights to the UK are scheduled for the next two weeks and British travellers should visit the India Travel Advice pages for
