Flight status update LIVE March 7: Flight services continue to be disrupted in the Middle East amid the US-Israeli-Iran war, with key hubs such as Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, among others, experiencing mass flight cancellations since 28 February.
According to most airlines based in the Middle East, including Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad, flight services remain suspended except for a few special flights as airspace closures due to escalating conflicts continue to plague the region.
Indian carriers such as IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet and Akasa Air have resumed some of their operations in the Middle East, including Dubai International Airport, Jeddah and Fujairah, but much of the air traffic in the region remains suspended.
Countries like India, France, Spain, USA and others have started evacuating their citizens stranded in the Gulf countries.
Around 180 flights from three metro airports “Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru” were canceled on Wednesday due to airspace restrictions amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, PTI said, citing people familiar with the matter.
IndiGo and Air India flight status
Low-cost carrier IndiGo has launched flights to Athens, Muscat and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah and Medina. The company also operates select repatriation flights to the United Arab Emirates, it said in a social media post on Wednesday.
Air India on Wednesday said it plans to start its scheduled flights to and from Jeddah and Delhi and Mumbai from March 5. It also said it will operate additional flights to Toronto, Frankfurt and Paris from March 5.
Emirates and Qatar Airways flight status
The world’s largest international airline, Emirates, has extended the suspension of flights to and from Dubai until March 7.
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways said in a social media post that it is extending the suspension of its flight operations and will issue an update on March 6.
Stay tuned for LIVE flight status updates in Dubai, Kuwait, Bahrain, Fujairah and more.
