Amid flight cancellations and service disruptions, Air India and Air India Express have announced that they will operate scheduled services to and from Jeddah and Muscat on March 10. The two airlines will together operate a total of 14 flights to and from Jeddah, and Air India Express will operate 14 flights to and from Muscat.
The airline announced that Air India will operate one round-trip from Delhi and two round-trips from Mumbai to Jeddah, and Air India Express will operate one round-trip each from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mangaluru, and Kozhikode.
"In addition to the scheduled services, Air India and Air India Express would operate a total of 32 ad hoc non-scheduled flights between Indian cities and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 10 March 2026, subject to the availability of slots and other conditions prevailing at the respective point of departure at the time," a statement said on Monday.
These 32 flights will connect to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah from different Indian cities.
Akasa Air has also announced that it would operate select flights to/from Jeddah and Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kochi, and Kozhikode until March 31. Akasa Air also confirmed that flights to and from Riyadh will remain suspended until March 11. Meanwhile, services from Abu Dhabi, Doha and Kuwait City have been suspended until March 15 as a precautionary measure.
IndiGo also said that it has operated more than 165 flights, flown over 22,000 customers to and from the Middle East in the last five days.