Air India is operating two special relief flights to Jeddah and Dubai with wide-body planes on Tuesday to bring back passengers stranded due to the Middle East conflict. The airline will also be operating a special relief flight to Dubai from Mumbai on March 4. "A Boeing 777 aircraft with a capacity of close to 350 seats departed Mumbai for Jeddah this evening. According to Air India, all the flights are expected to operate at full capacity on their return sectors on March 4, arriving at Mumbai and Delhi, respectively. For these flights, Air India is taking the longer route through Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt airspaces.

Source: The Telegraph March 03, 2026 15:26 UTC