Air India Relief Flights: Following the escalating tensions triggered by the US-Israel airstrikes on Iran, the impact on global aviation has been rapid and widespread. Retaliatory strikes and missile exchanges have led to airspace closures across several countries, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE, leaving passengers stranded at airports around the world.
In response, Air India has launched two special relief flights from Tuesday, using wide-body aircraft to bring stranded passengers back from Jeddah and Dubai amidst the ongoing Middle East conflict.
On Tuesday evening, a Boeing 777 with a seating capacity of nearly 350 departed from Mumbai to Jeddah.
Air India Relief Flights: Check Schedule Update
- Air India is operating a special relief flight from Mumbai to Dubai on March 4.
- Air India is deploying wide-body aircraft, which have a higher capacity, on its services to Jeddah and Dubai from Mumbai on March 3-4 to facilitate the return of passengers impacted by the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
- A Boeing 787-9, with around 300 seats, is scheduled to depart from Delhi to Dubai later tonight ( March 3 ).
- Another Boeing 787-8, offering over 250 seats, will operate from Mumbai to Dubai during the early hours of March 4.
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- According to Air India, all these flights are expected to return at full capacity on March 4, arriving in Mumbai and Delhi, respectively.
- The Tata Group-owned airline, which continues to closely monitor developments in the region, resumed scheduled services to all its destinations in the USA, Canada, Europe, and the UK on Monday.
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- For these routes, Air India is taking an alternative, longer path through the airspaces of Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.