New Delhi, March 5 -- Indian airlines Air India and Akasa are resuming regular flights to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, starting Thursday, an official said.
Earlier, on February 28, following a joint military operation by the United States and Israel against Iran, Indian airlines had cancelled all flights over the West Asia region.
After Muscat, the capital of Oman, Jeddah is the second city in West Asia for which regular flights have resumed. However, special flights had already started operating from March 2.
Newly launched airline Akasa announced on the social media platform X that flight KP 561 from Mumbai to Jeddah will depart at 7:20 PM. The return flight, KP 562, will leave Jeddah at 11:55 PM local time. Akasa also stated that its flights...