Amid the escalated global tensions, an Emirates flight from Dubai to Mumbai landed safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Tuesday. The flight in Mumbai landed after the operations gradually resumed following disruptions.
As reported by news agency ANI, Emirates flight EK 500 arrived in Mumbai amid tight coordination between airport authorities and airline officials. The arrival of AK 500 brought relief to stranded passengers who had faced uncertainty over the past few days due to widespread cancellations and delays.
Ajay, a passenger on board the flight, recounted the tense situation in Dubai. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, he said, “We had a flight to the USA from Dubai.” When it didn`t take off, we thought there might be some issues with the flight. After 7-8 hours, we were told that a war had broken out,” as per ANI.
While highlighting that the airline arranged accommodation for stranded travellers, he said, “Buses from Emirates came and took all the passengers to the hotels.” As soon as we came to know that the flight to Mumbai would leave, we immediately contacted them and came here. Slowly, the situation is getting controlled there.”
Stranded passengers return to Bangalore from Abu Dhabi
In a similar development, the first flight from Abu Dhabi landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Monday night, bringing back passengers affected by the disruption in air travel services.
A traveller who had been stranded in Abu Dhabi praised the arrangements made by Etihad Airways. Speaking to the media, he said, “Once we got stuck in the Abu Dhabi airport, Etihad Airways took good care of us.” They booked the hotels for all the passengers whose flights were cancelled,” as cited by ANI.
On the other hand, another Emirates flight from Dubai to Bengaluru departed on Monday night, as operations at Dubai airports began to partially resume.
Dubai Airports confirmed that a limited resumption of operations would begin on the evening of March 2 (Monday), with a small number of flights permitted to operate from Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC).
Commercial aviation might soon become normal.
With flights gradually taking to the skies once again, normalcy is slowly returning to the UAE, and for the thousands of Indians eager to get home, the wait is finally coming to an end.
Following the US-Israel strikes against Iran on February 28, Iran launched a wave of retaliatory attacks, using drones and missiles targeting multiple Arab countries in the region as a retaliatory action, which resulted in flight cancellations.
(With inputs from ANI)
