Air India Express cancels multiple gulf flights from Mangaluru on March 5, 6
Mangaluru: Flight operations between Mangaluru and several Gulf destinations remain disrupted for the fifth consecutive day, airport authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The cancellations come amid ongoing airspace closures affecting the region.
According to the latest schedule updates, the following Air India Express flights have been cancelled for 5 and 6th March 2026:
Dubai–Mangaluru (IX 832) which was scheduled to arrive at 10:10 pm on 5 March
Mangaluru–Dubai (IX 831) which was scheduled to depart at 01:20 pm on 5 March
Dubai–Mangaluru (IX 814) which was scheduled to arrive at 04:55 am on 6 March has also been cancelled.
Mangaluru–Doha (IX 821) which was scheduled to depart at 11:20 am on 5 March
Doha–Mangaluru (IX 822) which was scheduled to arrive at 8:45 pm on 5 March
Mangaluru–Bahrain (IX 841) which was scheduled to depart at 9:45 pm on 5 March
Bahrain–Mangaluru (IX 842) which was scheduled to arrive at 07:45 am on 6 March
Mangaluru–Kuwait (IX 851) which was scheduled to depart at 10:00 pm on 5 March
Kuwait–Mangaluru (IX 852) which was scheduled to arrive at 08:50 am on 6 March
Mangaluru–Dammam (IX 847) which was scheduled to depart at 11:10 on 5 March
Dammam–Mangaluru (IX 848) which was scheduled to arrive at 09:25 am on 6 March
Mangaluru–Abu Dhabi (IX 815) which was scheduled to depart at 11:20 pm on 5 March
Abu Dhabi–Mangaluru (IX 816) which was scheduled to arrive at 08:15 am on 6 March
Meanwhile, operations to Mumbai, Delhi, and a few other cities from Gulf destinations are resuming in a limited manner. The Mangaluru–Muscat service by Air India Express continues as scheduled and remains unaffected.
The airline has also announced that it will operate additional flights between Muscat and Delhi and Mumbai on 5 March 2026, along with special services from Ras Al Khaimah connecting Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai until 7 March 2026.
Air India Express will continue operating flights to and from Muscat on 5 March 2026, along with additional flights between Muscat and Delhi and Mumbai.
— Air India Express (@AirIndiaX) March 4, 2026
We are also operating special flights from Ras Al Khaimah connecting Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai until 7 March 2026.
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'With or without Budget, we are doing our work': Shivakumar
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said that he does not need announcements to be made in the State Budget to carry out developmental works.
He said this highlighting the developmental works in his native district of Bengaluru South.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, is scheduled to present the 2026-27 Budget on March 6. This would be Siddaramaiah's record 17th budget.
"No need to have expectations from the Budget. With or without the Budget, we are doing our work," Shivakumar said in response to a question on what can be expected from the Budget.
Speaking to reporters, he said, "Others need the Budget. We don't. It's not that we need to take up work only if it is announced in the Budget."
Citing the example of flagship Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) in Bengaluru South district, Shivakumar said, "You get a survey done across the country. Bengaluru South district has 25 government schools, each one costing Rs 15 crore. We have ensured it. Has anyone else done it? Was this in the Budget? We created it, it is our concept. Now there is a state level policy for 2,000 such schools."
Further pointing out that during the JD(S)-Congress coalition government under H D Kumaraswamy's Chief Ministership in 2018-19, he had ensured a medical college was announced for the then Ramanagara (now Bengaluru South) district, he said, "But the next BJP government under B S Yediyurappa cancelled it and took the medical college to Chikballapura district. Now, we have given medical colleges to both Ramanagara and Kanakapura (taluks in the Bengaluru South district)."
He also highlighted private medical colleges are coming up in Channapatna taluk and one between Ramanagara and Kanakapura taluks.
