Kerala-Gulf sectors get special services only; airfares skyrocket

The flight services from Kerala to the Gulf region, except Saudi Arabia and Oman, haven’t been fully restored yet due to the unrest in the region. Meanwhile, special flight services are being arranged from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaima, Fujairah and Sharjah. The airports in Bahrain and Kuwait are completely shut down, and flights from Qatar are operating on limited schedules. Emirates has scheduled services today from Dubai to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. Besides, the airline will also operate services to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. Meanwhile, Air India Express has scheduled flights from Kochi to Abu Dhabi via Bengaluru and a direct service from Kochi to Ras Al Khaima. 

IndiGo will operate a flight from Kochi to Fujairah via Mumbai, while SpiceJet has scheduled a special service from Kochi to Dubai via Mumbai. Air Arabia has scheduled flights from Kochi to Abu Dhabi and Sharjah today, and Emirates will operate a flight from here to Dubai. IndiGo will operate three flights from Fujairah to Kochi via Mumbai and Kolkata today. Meanwhile, Air Arabia has scheduled two services to Kochi from Abu Dhabi and one from Sharjah. Besides, companies like Emirates and Fly Dubai also have scheduled flights to Kochi today. Air India Express will also operate a special flight from Ras Al Khaimah to Kochi. However, the tickets in this flight were sold for Rs 62,000. 

33 flights operated services from Kochi to various Gulf sectors and back yesterday. Meanwhile, flights are being scheduled from Kochi to most Gulf countries. Yesterday, there were four flights from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, while three flights from Dubai and Muscat had landed. Two services each were operated from Sharjah and Jeddah, and one flight each from Kuwait and Ras Al Khaima also reached Kochi. Three flights flew from Kochi to Dubai and Muscat, while two flights were scheduled to Sharjah. Besides, one flight each was scheduled to Doha, Dammam, Jeddah and Kuwait. However, it was a cargo plane that took off for Kuwait yesterday. Meanwhile, four international services from Kozhikode have been cancelled today due to severe airspace restrictions.