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Dubai International Airport and Emirates said connected Monday evening (March 2, 2026) that a constricted resumption of flights volition statesman today, portion Abu Dhabi’s Etihad volition besides run a restricted fig of repatriation and cargo services – an aboriginal motion of easing of formation restrictions aft 2 days of adjacent standstill.
“Emirates volition statesman operating a constricted fig of flights commencing connected the evening of 2 March. We are accommodating customers with earlier bookings arsenic a priority, and those who person been rebooked to question connected these constricted flights volition beryllium contacted straight by Emirates,” Emirates hose said successful a property connection connected X. Its low-cost arm, flyDubai, volition besides restart flights.
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The 2 airports successful Dubai volition besides reopen partially. Dubai Airports said successful a property connection that “a constricted resumption of operations volition statesman contiguous evening, 2 March, with a tiny fig of flights permitted to run from Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC).”
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad said that it whitethorn restart repatriation, cargo and repositioning flights “in coordination with UAE authorities and taxable to strict operational and information approval”. However, each scheduled commercialized flights to and from Abu Dhabi stay cancelled.
Air India besides resumed astir of its European services and each flights to the United States and Canada from Monday (March 2), rerouting the bulk done Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and additionally introducing a substance halt connected 2 U.S. routes astatine Rome.
While its West Asia services stay suspended, Air India connected Monday (March 2) reinstated astir of the 48 instrumentality flights to North America and Europe that it had cancelled a time earlier, but the Amritsar–Birmingham, Delhi–Zurich and Delhi–Copenhagen routes.
“All different flights to North America and Europe volition run per docket utilizing alternate routings implicit disposable airspaces successful the Middle East, which is expected to adhd to the flying times,” Air India said successful a station connected X. Its flights to Newark and New York from Delhi and Mumbai volition present besides marque a substance halt astatine Rome, resulting successful a longer flight.
The hose has already been compelled to reroute respective North America–bound services via Vienna pursuing the closure of Pakistan’s airspace since April 2025. These see flights from Delhi to Chicago, Toronto and Washington. Its San Francisco services from Mumbai and Bengaluru are besides operating with a method substance halt astatine Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.
