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Due to the ongoing escalation of hostility successful the West Asia portion flights work from Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has been disrupted connected Sunday (March 1, 2026).
The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) which operates the KIA said that 37 flights were cancelled.
“Due to airspace regularisation connected March 1, 18 arrivals and 19 departures person been cancelled,” a BIAL spokesperson said.
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The cardinal sectors to which formation work were affected include: Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Dubai and Doha.
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the apical 2 planetary destinations from KIA.
Several airlines person already suspended formation operations to West Asia owed to the ongoing tensions.
“Air India Express has extended the suspension of its westbound planetary flights until 23:59 hours connected March 1, 2026, successful presumption of the ongoing concern successful parts of the Gulf Region. We are moving intimately with the applicable authorities and volition resume services arsenic soon arsenic conditions allow.
However, guests who booked question to oregon from the Gulf portion up to 28th February 2026, for journeys scheduled until March 5, 2026, whitethorn reschedule their question to a aboriginal day without immoderate date‑change fees, oregon cancel their bookings for a afloat refund to their archetypal mode of payment,” Air India Express said.
Airport officials said that formation operations to Europe were mostly normal.
