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More than 140 planetary flights were cancelled astatine Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata airports connected Friday (March 6, 2026) arsenic the West Asia situation continues to interaction formation operations.
Airlines person partially started operations, and immoderate of them are operating constricted services to and from immoderate destinations successful the region.
Officials said astatine slightest 142 flights were cancelled astatine the 4 airports, with 39 departures and 34 arrivals cancelled astatine the Mumbai airport.
While the full formation cancellations astatine the Bangalore airdrome were 33, including 15 departures and 18 arrivals, astatine the Delhi airport, 15 departures and 14 arrivals were cancelled.
A full of 7 flights — 4 departures and 3 arrivals — person been cancelled astatine the Kolkata airport, according to the officials.
The escalating struggle betwixt U.S.-Israel and Iran has impacted formation operations arsenic immoderate of the airspace successful West Asia are closed.
Akasa Air said it would run the Mumbai-Jeddah-Mumbai formation connected Friday (March 6, 2026).
The airline, connected Saturday (March 7, 2026), would run flights from Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kochi to Jeddah, it said successful a station connected X.
Earlier successful the day, SpiceJet said it would run 14 peculiar flights from the UAE to bring backmost stranded passengers.
On Thursday (March 5, 2026), the civilian aviation ministry said it continues to intimately show the evolving concern successful West Asia and that a full of 281 flights scheduled to beryllium operated by Indian home carriers connected the time were cancelled.
