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Flight Status LIVE Updates 7 March: Flight services across West Asia remained disrupted amid the US-Israel-Iran war, with key hubs such as Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar seeing mass flight cancellations since 28 February.
Major airlines in the region, including Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad have suspended operations, barring special repatriation flight services, as the airspace in the region remains closed due to the conflict.
Domestic carriers Air India, Akasa Air, IndiGo and SpiceJet have also resumed limited operations to the big middle eastern airports including Dubai International Airport, Jeddah and Fujairah; as countries like India, France, Spain, United States and more have started evacuations of their nationals stuck in the Gulf countries.
How many have returned?
According to an official statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA):
- On 6 March: 51 flights were planned to be operated by Indian carriers
- On 5 March: A total of 40 inbound flights brought 7,205 passengers to India from the West Asia region.
- Cumulative passenger arrivals in India from the region since the conflict began has reached 14,992.
- Till 6 March, 278 flights scheduled by Indian carriers have been cancelled due to the conflict.
The ministry said it is “closely monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia” and that airlines are undertaking necessary operational adjustments amid prevailing conditions to ensure passenger safety and orderly flight operations.
“Passengers are advised to remain in contact with their respective airlines for the latest updates regarding flight schedules. Further updates will be issued as necessary,” the ministry said.
IndiGo and Air India flight status
IndiGo said it will operate flights to five destinations in the Middle East today. This includes flights from Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai to Abu Dhabi International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Fujairah International Airport, the RAF Akrotiri airport, and Sharjah International Airport.
Air India and Air India Express continue to operate scheduled flights to and from Jeddah and Muscat, which have been assessed safe for operations. Besides this, services to Europe and North America are operating normally through safe alternative routings.
Additional non-scheduled flights have been planned to operate to and from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Ras Al-Khaimah and Sharjah on 7 March, to fly the stranded passengers back to India.
Qatar Airways flight status
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways said in a social media today said it will operate a limited relief corridor with repatriation flights departing from Hamad International Airport to: London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Madrid (MAD), Rome (FCO), and Frankfurt (FRA).
Stay tuned for LIVE updates on flight status in Dubai, Kuwait, Bahrain, Fujairah and more.