Overview
- Akasa Air on Friday extended its Jeddah service through November 10 and its Riyadh service through November 30 after assessing the security environment.
- Air India and Air India Express suspended flights to Riyadh and Dammam through November 7 and kept Jeddah services suspended through October 31, with IndiGo extending cancellations on major Saudi sectors through late October.
- Affected passengers are being offered full refunds or one-time complimentary rebooking windows by Indian carriers and other airlines, and airlines say they are monitoring threats and safety advisories in real time.
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs and its missions have set up 24-hour control rooms, helped return thousands of Umrah pilgrims, and are coordinating welfare and repatriation as at least one Indian was killed and others injured in recent attacks.
- The strikes target civilian airports and energy infrastructure, forcing regional air‑defence responses and broader rerouting that could prolong disruptions to pilgrimage travel, expatriate movement and airline schedules across the Gulf.