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Demands to reinstate Mangaluru-Muscat nonstop formation service, which was suspended by the Air India Express (AIE) astir 3 months ago, is growing. Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary has appealed to the Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Ram Mohan Naidu to bash the needful to reinstate the service.
Earlier, Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta had written to the Minister demanding the same. In addition, the expatriate assemblage from coastal Karnataka residing successful the Sultanate of Oman had pressed for resumption of the service.
The AIE was operating 4 play flights betwixt Mangaluru and Muscat which were suspended successful mid-July.
In his October 8, 2025, missive to the Minister Mr. Poojary said that helium had received a practice from the Karnataka Janapada Parishath Muscat, Oman Chapter, expressing heavy interest implicit the suspension of the formation services. It has caused sizeable inconvenience to passengers, peculiarly elder citizens, students, and moving professionals from Mangaluru, Udupi, Kasaragod (Kerala), and adjacent regions.
“...This way has been a captious nexus connecting a ample conception of the Indian assemblage surviving successful Oman to their native. Its discontinuation has led to longer question routes via Bengaluru, Mumbai, oregon Kannur, resulting successful accrued costs and question hardships...,” Mr. Poojary said.
“...In presumption of the difficulties faced by the public, I kindly petition your bully bureau to analyse the feasibility of reinstating the Muscat-Mangaluru nonstop formation service, adjacent with constricted play operations initially...,” the MP said.
Capt. Chowta’s letter
Earlier successful his September 18, 2025, missive to the Minister Capt. Chowta said: “...Close to 50,000 expatriates from the Coastal Karnataka portion enactment successful Oman, engaged successful some skilled and unskilled jobs. The Mangaluru-Muscat way has served arsenic a captious and uninterrupted lifeline, enabling them to question straight to their homeland without the further fiscal and carnal load of transiting done Bengaluru, Kannur, oregon Mumbai airports...”
He said the nonstop work had not lone provided convenience but was profoundly valued by the community, fostering social, cultural, and economical ties betwixt Mangaluru and Oman.
“...Its abrupt suspension, without anterior consultation oregon due explanation, has near galore families successful distress...,” Capt. Chowta said.
“Given the seriousness of this issue, I sincerely petition you to supply indispensable directions to the respective Ministry officials and Air India Express absorption to reconsider and revoke the suspension of the Mangaluru-Muscat flights,” Capt. Chowta wrote to the Minister.
