Etihad Airways on Friday resumed a limited commercial flight schedule from Abu Dhabi amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
The carrier will operate select routes to major global destinations until March 19, and passengers with existing bookings will be re-accommodated on these flights as soon as possible. Services will link Abu Dhabi with several destinations across Asia, Europe and North America.
The temporary schedule includes: Ahmedabad, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Cairo, Colombo, Delhi, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Madrid, Malé, Milan Malpensa, Sheremetyevo (Moscow), Mumbai, John F. Kennedy (New York), Paris, Phuket, Riyadh, Rome, Incheon (Seoul), Toronto and Zurich.
Etihad posted on Twitter that it would resume a limited commercial flight schedule from March 6 and that guests with previous bookings will be accommodated as soon as possible on the reinstated flights.
The airline has asked passengers to travel to the airport only if they are contacted directly by Etihad or hold a confirmed booking on one of the new flights.
Meanwhile, Emirates, Air Arabia and Oman Air have continued operations to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Airport sources said Air Arabia has scheduled one more flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Sharjah this evening.
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said it continued to closely monitor the evolving situation in West Asia. As of March 5, a total of 281 flights scheduled that day by Indian domestic carriers were cancelled. The ministry advised passengers to monitor flight status and watch for updates sent to their registered contact details by their airlines.
The move comes amid escalating tensions in West Asia after a joint US-Israel military strike on Iranian territory on Saturday that reportedly killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other senior figures, prompting a fierce response from Tehran. In retaliation, Iran launched waves of drone and missile attacks across multiple Arab countries as the conflict entered its seventh day.
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