Air India to operate 22 flights to & from Gulf cities on Friday, destinations include Jeddah, Riyadh - details inside
Passengers booked on routes where Air India services are temporarily suspended can rebook their travel for a later date at no extra cost or opt for a full refund, mentioned a press release by the airline
Air India group announced that Air India and Air India Express would operate a total of 22 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from Jeddah, Riyadh, among other West Asia regions on Friday, 27 March, amid Israel-US' conflict with Iran.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Tata Group owned airline said that Air India will operate the following flights:
- Four flights between India and Jeddah- Two flights from Delhi, two flights from Mumbai
- It will also operate two flights between Mumbai and Riyadh
Meanwhile, Air India Express will operate four flights each to and from Muscat and Riyadh:
- Muscat services will include two flights from Delhi and two from Mumbai
- Riyadh services will include two flights from Bengaluru and two services from Kozhikode.
Additional flights to connect which cities?
Besides the scheduled services, Air India and Air India Express will operate a total of eight non-scheduled flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), mentioned Air India group's statement.
These flights will connect Dubai, Abu Dhabi with Mumbai, Delhi.
“These flights are 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,” the statement mentioned about non-scheduled flights.
Refund, cancellation options
Passengers booked on routes where Air India services are temporarily suspended can rebook their travel for a later date at no extra cost or opt for a full refund.
Those flying with Air India Express 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, mentioned Air India's statement.
Israel-US-Iran conflict
The developments about flight schedules comes amid the ongoing Israel-US-Iran conflict that has also pushed Gulf nations to the brink – and shows no signs of easing.
On Thursday, an Israeli official reportedly claimed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, has been killed in a strike in Bandar Abbas. Tangsiri “was responsible for the closure of the Strait of Hormus,” the official was quoted by the Times of Israel as saying.
Earlier in the day, a marine drone hit a Turkish crude oil tanker that had left Russia, triggering an explosion in the Black Sea near Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on Thursday, according to Turkey’s transportation minister, Reuters reported.
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