Air India and Air India Express will together operate 30 scheduled and non-scheduled flights, to and from the West Asia region on 01 April 2026.

This includes 16 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 in the UAE.

Summary of scheduled, non-scheduled, and temporarily suspended flights for 01 April 

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 – Delhi, Kochi, Mangalore, Mumbai

Ras Al Khaimah

No No

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Sharjah

No Yes Air India Express – Amritsar, Kannur
Al Ain No No

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Oman

Muscat Yes No Air India Express – Delhi, Mumbai, Kannur
Salalah No No

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Saudi Arabia

Jeddah

Yes No Air India – Delhi, Mumbai

Air India Express – Kozhikode, Mangalore

Riyadh

Yes No __
Dammam No No

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Bahrain

Bahrain No No __

Qatar

Doha No No __
Kuwait Kuwait No No

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Israel Tel Aviv No No

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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 https://airindia.com. For more information, please contact the 24×7 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.