Indian airlines, including IndiGo, Air India, Air India Express and SpiceJet, are operating over 12 special flights to various cities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to bring back passengers stranded due to the escalating conflict in West Asia. The airlines will operate special flights on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) also. On Tuesday (March 3, 2026), Air India Express operated three special flights — Dubai-Bangalore, Abu Dhabi-Delhi and Sharjah-Mumbai — apart from the regular services to Muscat. “Air India Express will continue to operate its scheduled flights to and from Muscat on March 4. As many as 143 cockpit and cabin crew members of Air India and Air India Express who were stranded in Dubai returned to the national capital in another Air India flight AI918D on Tuesday (March 3, 2026).

Source: The Hindu March 03, 2026 11:00 UTC