Kuwait airspace closure disrupts Indian flights; Air India Express plane returns midway : Indian Aviation NewsAviation India

Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Kuwait airspace closure disrupts Indian flights; Air India Express plane returns midway

NEW DELHI: The only two Indian airlines operating flights to Kuwait -- Air India Express (AIX) and IndiGo -- announced the suspension of their services from Wednesday following the closure of Kuwaiti airspace.

An Air India Express flight from Calicut International Airport to Kuwait was forced to return midway after Kuwait announced the closure.

AIX has suspended its Kuwait operations till June 6. The airline had suspended services to Kuwait since the end of February and resumed operations only on Tuesday (June 2), with a flight from Bengaluru to Kuwait. However, it had to cancel both flights scheduled for Wednesday.

An Air India Express spokesperson said flight IX 393 from Calicut International Airport to Kuwait (CCJ-KWI) returned to Kozhikode midway on June 3 due to the airspace closure.

A source said another flight from Kochi to Bahrain, scheduled to depart at 11.45 am, was also cancelled.

IndiGo said it was suspending operations to and from Kuwait until 12 noon on June 4.

03/06/2026 S Lalitha/New Indian Express


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