Press Release

Important Update - Air India Group: 10 March 2026

Mar 10, 2026
INTERNATIONAL

Air India and Air India Express will together operate a total of 58 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the West Asia region on 11 March 2026.

The two carriers continue to operate their respective scheduled services to and from Jeddah and Muscat on 11 March, operate a total of 8 flights to and from Jeddah, and Air India Express operating 14 scheduled flights to and from Muscat.

On 11 March, Air India will operate one round-trip each from Delhi and Mumbai to Jeddah, and
Air India Express will operate one round-trip each from Hyderabad and Kozhikode to Jeddah.

Air India Express will also operate its scheduled services to Muscat, including one round-trip each from Delhi, Mumbai, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchirappalli, and two round-trips from Kochi.

Additional, ad-hoc flights

In addition to the scheduled services, Air India and Air India Express would operate a total of 36 ad-hoc non-scheduled flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), subject to the availability of slots and other prevailing conditions at the respective point of departure at the time. These flights are being operated with the requisite permissions from the relevant Indian and local regulatory authorities.

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULED, NON-SCHEDULED, AND TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED OPERATIONS ON 11 MARCH 2026

Country

Airport

Scheduled Operations

Ad Hoc Operations

Operating Sectors

UAE

Dubai

No

Yes

Air India - Delhi x 2, Mumbai x 3

Air India Express - Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai x 2

Abu Dhabi

No

Yes

Air India Express - Bengaluru, Mumbai

Ras Al Khaimah

No

Yes

Air India Express - Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi,
Mumbai x 2

Sharjah

No

Yes

Air India Express - Bengaluru, Mumbai

Al Ain

No

No

No flights

Oman

Muscat

Yes

No

Air India Express - Delhi, Kannur, Kochi x 2, Mumbai, Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram

Salalah

No

No

No flights

Saudia Arabia

Jeddah

Yes

No

Air India - Delhi, Mumbai

Air India Express - Hyderabad, Kozhikode

Riyadh

No

No

No flights

Dammam

No

No

No flights

Bahrain

Bahrain

No

No

No flights

Qatar

Doha

No

No

No flights

Kuwait

Kuwait

No

No

No flights

Israel

Tel Aviv

No

No

No flights

All Air India flights to and from North America, Europe, Australia and other regions continue to operate per schedule, with 78 additional flights operating to and from Europe, the United States, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, between 10 and 18 March 2026.

Guests booked to travel on any of the routes where Air India group’s scheduled services remain temporarily suspended may conveniently rebook to a future date at no additional charge or opt for a full refund.

Air India guests are advised to raise their rebooking or cancellation requests on the airline’s website at http://airindia.com. For more information, please contact the 24x7 customer support hotline at +911169329333 or +911169329999.

Air India Express guests booked to travel from any station in the UAE can conveniently rebook their flights without additional charges on Air India Express' additional commercial flights operating from any UAE station to any destination in India.

Air India and Air India Express are proactively reaching out to impacted guests using the mobile numbers registered with the airline to provide rebooking options. Guests are requested to ensure their current and active mobile numbers are updated with the airline to receive these important notifications.

Air India Express guests with active bookings can also rebook their flights through the airline’s AI‑powered digital assistant Tia, available on WhatsApp at +91 63600 12345.

Air India group is exploring every opportunity to operate other additional ad-hoc flights to and from destinations in West Asia.

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