Planes parked at Terminal 3 of the Dubai Worldwide Airport, following the US and Israel strikes on Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 2, 2026.
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Dubai Worldwide Airport and Emirates mentioned on Monday night (March 2, 2026) {that a} restricted resumption of flights will start as we speak, whereas Abu Dhabi’s Etihad may even function a restricted variety of repatriation and cargo companies – an early signal of easing of flight restrictions after two days of close to standstill.
From India, Air India Categorical would be the first Indian service to renew flights to Muscat.
“Emirates will start working a restricted variety of flights commencing on the night of two March. We’re accommodating prospects with earlier bookings as a precedence, and people who have been rebooked to journey on these restricted flights will likely be contacted straight by Emirates,” Emirates airline mentioned in a press assertion on X. Its low-cost arm, flyDubai, may even restart flights.
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The 2 airports in Dubai may even reopen partially. Dubai Airports mentioned in a press assertion that “a restricted resumption of operations will start as we speak night, 2 March, with a small variety of flights permitted to function from Dubai Worldwide (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum Worldwide (DWC).”
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad mentioned that it might restart repatriation, cargo and repositioning flights “in coordination with UAE authorities and topic to strict operational and security approval”. Nevertheless, all scheduled industrial flights to and from Abu Dhabi stay cancelled.
“Air India Categorical will resume flight operations to and from Muscat beginning Tuesday, March 3, with scheduled companies to Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai and Tiruchirappalli,” it mentioned in a press assertion.
The primary Air India Categorical flight from Muscat will function to Tiruchirappalli, departing at 10:25 a.m. native time.
Its flight operations to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE stay suspended till 11:59 p.m. IST on March 3, 2026. Indian airways cancelled as many as 357 flights to the area on Monday (March 2), following 350 cancellations on Sunday (March 1).
Whereas its West Asia flights stay suspended as of now, Air India resumed most of its European companies and all flights to the US and Canada from Monday (March 2), rerouting the bulk via Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and moreover introducing a gasoline cease on two U.S. routes at Rome.
Air India on Monday (March 2) reinstated a lot of the 48 return flights to North America and Europe that it had cancelled a day earlier, besides the Amritsar–Birmingham, Delhi–Zurich and Delhi–Copenhagen routes.
“All different flights to North America and Europe will function per schedule utilizing different routings over obtainable airspaces within the Center East, which is anticipated so as to add to the flying occasions,” Air India mentioned in a submit on X. Its flights to Newark and New York from Delhi and Mumbai will now additionally make a gasoline cease at Rome, leading to an extended flight.
The airline has already been compelled to reroute a number of North America–certain companies by way of Vienna following the closure of Pakistan’s airspace since April 2025. These embrace flights from Delhi to Chicago, Toronto and Washington. Its San Francisco companies from Mumbai and Bengaluru are additionally working with a technical gasoline cease at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Worldwide Airport.
Revealed – March 02, 2026 08:24 pm IST
