Ten flights from Kochi to Middle East today: Here's latest updates from Kerala airports

The Israel-Iran war continues to disrupt flights and enforce airspace closures across various countries, affecting global travel. Regardless, a few flight services are squeezed in by various carriers, primarily to help stranded passengers.
On Thursday, carriers announced ten services to the Middle East from Kochi airport. Five of them departed for Jeddah, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Muscat in the morning. Five more are scheduled for the afternoon and night, to Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh and Dubai. Most regular services to Dubai airports are suspended, and only limited services are operating to repatriate tourists and residents.

The Kochi airport has also listed 13 arrivals from the Middle East today. As of now, eight flights have arrived from Jeddah, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, and Muscat. Five more are scheduled, from Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh, and Ras Al Khaimah. Air Arabia will also have a flight on the Sharjah-Kochi-Sharjah route today. The flight, which departs at 1.25 pm from Sharjah, will reach Kochi at 6.45 pm. It will leave at 7.25 pm and reach Sharjah at 10.05 pm.

Kozhikode airport updates
Of the 10 flights listed to arrive at Calicut International Airport, Karipur, from foreign destinations, five have arrived from Sharjah, Muscat, Riyadh, and Dubai. In the afternoon, flights from Jeddah, Muscat, Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur are expected to arrive. The airport also has 10 departures today. Around 10 flights have already departed, and the afternoon flights are to Jeddah, Abu Dhabi and Muscat.

Trivandrum and Kannur airports
From Trivandrum Airport, Emirates will operate a Dubai-Trivandrum-Dubai service early tomorrow morning. The flight, expected to arrive by 3 am, is scheduled to depart at 4.30 am on March 6. Air Arabia is also operating on March 6. The airline's flights 448/449 on the Sharjah- Trivandrum-Sharjah route will arrive in Trivandrum at 4 am and depart for Sharjah at 4.40 am. Another flight on the Abu Dhabi-Trivandrum-Abu Dhabi route (133/134) will arrive in Trivandrum at 4.15 am and depart at 5 pm. Oman Air and Air India Express also operated on the Trivandrum-Muscat route earlier today. As of now, all other services to the Middle East from Trivandrum are cancelled. The Kannur Airport has had only a few arrivals from Muscat and no departures, officials said.