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Airfares in the country are getting pricier as the price of Aircraft Turbine Fuel (ATF) is skyrocketing.
Around 40 per cent of airline companies' operating costs go towards fuel expenses.
Flight operations to Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is also closely monitoring airfares to ensure there is no undue surge in ticket prices.
More than 27,000 flights to Middle Eastern countries have been cancelled since the conflict began.
At the Kannur airport too, services to Muscat are expected to begin today.
The Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday evening said that IndiGo plans to operate 10 special relief flights from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to various Indian cities on March 3.
Passenger assistance, airline coordination, and terminal crowd management are being closely monitored, with senior officials deployed on the ground, the ministry said.
The airport authorities are working to increase the number of connecting flights following the success of connection services to London Heathrow.
Under these rules, a resident is a person who ordinarily resides in India and holds a valid passport issued under the Passports Act, 1967.
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