Overview
- Air India and Air India Express scheduled 48 West Asia services for March 19, including 16 regular flights and 32 non‑scheduled sectors, after approvals to reconnect some UAE and Saudi routes.
- IndiGo said Dubai operations restarted at 4:00 pm local time on March 18 following guidance from Dubai’s Civil Aviation Authority, while Akasa resumed Riyadh–Mumbai the same day and kept Abu Dhabi, Doha and Kuwait suspended until March 21.
- Qatar Airways operated five flights on March 17 that returned about 1,600 Indian nationals and is running a limited timetable from March 18–28 that depends on Qatar Civil Aviation Authority safe-corridor permissions.
- Dubai International briefly halted flights on March 16 during air‑defence activity before reopening on a reduced schedule, with officials urging travelers to go to the airport only with confirmed departure times.
- British Airways extended cancellations to Dubai, Amman, Bahrain and Tel Aviv through May 31 and to Doha through April 30, as other airlines including Cathay Pacific and several European carriers kept Dubai and regional suspensions in place into late March and April; Emirates and Etihad said they are operating reduced schedules with rebooking and refund options.