Air India, Air India Express continue ops, announce additional flights for Indian nationals stranded in UAE

Hundreds of passengers remain stranded across the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which has disrupted travel across parts of the Gulf region. Authorities and airlines are now making efforts to bring affected nationals back home.

With airspace over Saudi Arabia and Oman remaining open, Air India and Air India Express said on March 8 that they will continue operating flights to and from Jeddah and Muscat, which have been assessed as safe for operations.

“Air India is maintaining scheduled flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Jeddah and back. Air India Express continues scheduled operations connecting Muscat with Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai and Kannur, as well as services between Jeddah and Bengaluru, Kozhikode and Mangaluru,” the airlines said.