New Delhi, March 3 Air India is operating two special relief flights to Jeddah and Dubai with wide-body aircraft on Tuesday to bring back passengers stranded due to the Middle East conflict.
The airline will also be operating a special relief flight to Dubai from Mumbai on March 4.
In a statement, Air India said it was deploying wide-body aircraft with higher capacity on its services to Jeddah and Dubai from Mumbai on March 3 and 4 to facilitate the return of passengers impacted by the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
"A Boeing 777 aircraft with a capacity of close to 350 seats departed Mumbai for Jeddah this evening.
"This will be followed by a Boeing 787-9 with around 300 seats scheduled to depart Delhi for Dubai later tonight and another Boeing 787-8 aircraft with over 250 seats operating from Mumbai to Dubai in the early hours of March 4," the airline said on Tuesday.
According to Air India, all the flights are expected to operate at full capacity on their return sectors on March 4, arriving at Mumbai and Delhi, respectively.
The Tata Group-owned airline, which is closely monitoring the evolving developments in the region, on Monday commenced scheduled operations to all its destinations in the USA, Canada, Europe and the UK.
For these flights, Air India is taking the longer route through Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt airspaces.
