Air India and Air India Express will together operate 48 scheduled and non-scheduled flights, to and from the West Asia region on 16 March 2026.
Both carriers will continue their scheduled operations to Jeddah and Muscat on 16 March, including a total of 10 flights between India and Jeddah. Air India will operate one return service each from Delhi and Mumbai, while Air India Express will operate one flight each from Bengaluru, Kozhikode and Mangalore.
In addition, Air India Express will operate 12 scheduled flights to and from Muscat, with one service each from Delhi, Kannur, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram and two services from Kochi.
Additional, non-scheduled flights
In addition to the scheduled services, Air India and Air India Express will operate a total of 26 non-scheduled flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, 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 16 March
Country | Airport | Scheduled Operations | Ad Hoc Operations | Operating Sectors |
UAE | Dubai | No | Yes | Air India - Delhi |
Air India Express - Kochi | ||||
Abu Dhabi | No | Yes | Air India Express - Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai | |
Ras Al Khaimah | No | Yes | Air India Express - Delhi, Kozhikode | |
Sharjah | No | Yes | Air India Express - Kochi, Mangalore | |
Al Ain | No | No | __ | |
Oman | Muscat | Yes | No | Air India Express - Delhi, Kannur, Kochi x 2, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram |
Salalah | No | No | __ | |
Saudia Arabia | Jeddah | Yes | No | Air India - Delhi, Mumbai |
Air India Express - Bengaluru, Kozhikode, Mangalore | ||||
Riyadh | No | Yes | Air India - Mumbai | |
Air India Express - Kozhikode | ||||
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.
