Press Release

Important Update - Air India Group: 20 March 2026

Mar 19, 2026
INTERNATIONAL

Air India and Air India Express will together operate 34 scheduled and non-scheduled flights, to and from the West Asia region on 20 March 2026.

Air India Express will continue to operate 6 scheduled flights to and from Muscat, including services Delhi, Kannur and Mumbai.

Additional, non-scheduled flights

In addition to the scheduled services, Air India and Air India Express will operate a total of 28 non-scheduled flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), subject to availability of slots and other prevailing conditions at the departure stations 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 flights for 19 March 

Country

Airport

Scheduled Operations

Ad Hoc Operations

Operating Sectors

UAE

Dubai

No

Yes

Air India - Delhi

Air India Express - Delhi

Abu Dhabi

No

Yes

Air India Express - Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai

Ras Al Khaimah

No

Yes

Air India Express - Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram

Sharjah

No

Yes

Air India Express - Mangalore, Mumbai

Al Ain

No

No

__

Oman

Muscat

Yes

No

Air India Express - Delhi, Kannur, Mumbai

Salalah

No

No

__

Saudia Arabia

Jeddah

No

No

__

No

No

__

Riyadh

No

No

__

__

Dammam

No

No

__

Bahrain

Bahrain

No

No

__

Qatar

Doha

No

No

__

Kuwait

Kuwait

No

No

__

Israel

Tel Aviv

No

No

__

All Air India flights to and from North America, Europe, Australia and other regions continue to operate per schedule.

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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