India, March 5 -- A flight carrying 170 passengers from Dubai landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at around 2.30 am on Thursday, as flight operations from the UAE gradually resumed following days of disruption triggered by the escalating conflict in West Asia.

Airspace closures across the region have forced widespread flight cancellations after tensions between the US, Israel and Iran escalated in recent days.

Separately, around 200 Indian tourists who were stranded in the UAE returned to their homes in Gujarat on Thursday, after flights landed in Mumbai and Kochi on Wednesday night. The group, mostly from Kheda, Anand, Nadiad and Ahmedabad, had gone on a five-day tour of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which incl...