New Delhi : Over 52,000 people had been flown to India from the Gulf on Indian and Middle East airlines and charter flights till 11.59 pm (IST) Friday, according to the DGCA. Indian carriers are operating as many flights as possible depending on the slots they get in the UAE where scheduled flights are suspended as of now.
Dubai airport was closed on Saturday morning. “All flights to and from Dubai have been suspended until further notice. Please do not go to the airport. Emirates will share updates when available,” Emirates said on X Saturday morning. Indian ambassador to the UAE Deepak Mittal and Consul General of India in Dubai Satish Sivan Thursday held a meeting with representatives of Indian and UAE airlines “to review the efforts to address the concerns of the Indians stranded in the UAE.”
“Stranded Indian nationals can rebook or book on these flights directly with the airlines or through the local agents…. efforts being made by airlines to resume limited, non scheduled flight operations. Travel of nearly 7,000 stranded Indians, especially (those in) transit and those on short term visits, have been facilitated and returned to India over the past three days.
Requesting anonymity, the family said, “We were visiting the UAE on a private holiday package through an aggregator. Our return flight was scheduled for March 4 and since the operations had resumed, we were relieved that we would return safely. But now, the airspace is closed and we are stranded… We inquired about charter flights but they are too expensive, costing over Rs 1 lakh per person. We hope that the government of India will use its diplomatic ties to safely bring Indian tourists back.”
Advocate Shailesh Amin from Vadodara, who is currently in UAE with his family – stranded after a vacation – on Thursday, criticised the Indian government for its “failure” to evacuate Indian nationals from the conflict-affected Gulf region. Indian tourists in the Middle-East, including UAE, are currently facing troubles… Even on the fifth day since the conflict broke out, there is no sign of evacuation or relief from the Government of India for the Indian nationals.
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