MUSCAT – Air India and Air India Specific will proceed working scheduled passenger companies to Oman, with a number of flights to Muscat deliberate for March 13, whilst operations throughout components of the broader West Asia area stay affected by prevailing circumstances.
Based on a media assertion issued on Thursday, the 2 airways will collectively function 78 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the West Asia area, with Oman remaining one of many locations the place common companies are persevering with. 
Air India Specific is scheduled to function 12 flights to and from Muscat, connecting the Omani capital with a number of main Indian cities together with Delhi, Kannur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram, making certain continued journey hyperlinks between Oman and India. 
The airline group mentioned Muscat stays among the many few regional locations the place scheduled operations are continuing usually, whereas many different airports within the Gulf area are seeing restricted or particular operations on account of operational concerns and slot availability.
Along with Oman companies, the airline group will function scheduled flights to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, together with companies from Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, whereas various ad-hoc or non-scheduled flights are deliberate to locations within the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia topic to regulatory approvals. 
The airways mentioned a complete of 60 further non-scheduled flights might function to airports corresponding to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Riyadh relying on operational circumstances at departure stations. 
Air India added that passengers booked on routes the place scheduled companies stay briefly suspended will probably be supplied free rebooking to future journey dates or full refunds.
The airline group additionally confirmed that long-haul flights to North America, Europe and Australia proceed to function as scheduled, whereas it continues to observe the regional state of affairs and discover further flight alternatives the place possible. 
For travellers in Oman, the continued operation of flights to Muscat supplies a key air hyperlink for 1000’s of passengers travelling between the Sultanate and India, notably throughout the busy pre-Eid journey interval.
