Air Canada has suspended all its Toronto-Dubai flight operations till May 1 amid the escalating tensions in West Asia.
The airlines said that they will resume their flight operations when safe passage is ensured, adding that it will continue to add to their capacity to Delhi to provide travellers with options to Canada.
“Due to unrest in the Middle East, our Toronto-Dubai flights are cancelled until at least May 1. We plan to reintroduce service gradually when flights can safely resume. We continue to add capacity to Delhi to provide travellers with options to Canada,” Air Canada said in a post on X.
Meanwhile, Air India and Air India Express will operate a total of 80 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the West Asia region on March 14, the airline said. The two carriers continue to operate their respective scheduled services to and from Jeddah and Muscat on March 14, operating a total of 10 flights to and from Jeddah, and Air India Express operating 8 scheduled flights to and from Muscat.
Additionally, Air India will operate one round-trip from Delhi and two round-trips from Mumbai to Jeddah. Air India Express will operate one flight each from Kozhikode and Mangaluru to Jeddah and back. It will also operate its scheduled services to Muscat, including one round-trip each from Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, and Mumbai.
Besides these scheduled flight operations, Air India and Air India Express would operate a total of 62 non-scheduled flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, subject to the 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.
Previously, nearly 500 Indian nationals travelled from Qatar to India and other global destinations on flights operated by Qatar Airways, the Indian Embassy in Doha said in an advisory.
In a post on X, the embassy on Friday said the passengers travelled on Qatar Airways flights to Kochi and other destinations.
The airline also facilitated the transportation of the mortal remains of two Indian nationals who died of natural causes, along with their accompanying family members, to Kochi on humanitarian grounds.
