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Air India Express Resumes Flights To All Middle East Destinations

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Air India Express Resumes Flights To All Middle East Destinations
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Air India Express has resumed full flight operations to all Middle East destinations, including Oman and Kuwait. The airline had previously suspended these routes due to regional conflicts.

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Restoring these routes is critical for maintaining connectivity for the large Indian diaspora working in the Middle East and stabilizing regional travel logistics.

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Air India Express on Thursday said it has restored services to all destinations in the Middle East network, with flights set to commence to Oman and Kuwait.The Tata Group-owned airline had suspended services to certain Middle East destinations in the wake of the conflict in the region.Currently, the carrier operates around 780 weekly flights between India and Middle East connecting 18 Indian cities directly with the region.With resumption of services to Salalah in Oman and Kuwait, connectivity to all destinations across the West Asia network has been restored, the airline said in a release."Flights on the Kozhikode-Salalah route will resume from 2 July. Services between Kozhikode and Kuwait will resume from 3 July, while flights between Bengaluru and Kuwait will begin from 4 July, with frequencies increasing in phases over the coming days," it said.With a fleet of over 100 planes, Air India Express operates more than 500 flights daily connecting 43 domestic and 16 international destinations. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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