Air India Express fully restores flights to West Asia

New Delhi: Air India Express has fully restored flights on its network to West Asia, its largest and busiest international market, with the resumption of services to Oman and Kuwait. The Tata Group-owned airline had halted flights to certain West Asia destinations after the Iran war broke out on February 28.

Air India Express currently operates around 780 weekly flights between India and West Asia, 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 budget airline said in a statement Thursday.

"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.

Meanwhile, the airline has cut fuel surcharges for flights to North America, Australia, Europe, and the UK as oil prices have eased, according to sources.