In the latest sign that West Asia’s conflict is widening, Air India on 5 April confirmed to news agency PTI that its four-times-weekly Delhi–Tel Aviv flight is suspended until at least 31 May. The route, relaunched only on 1 January with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, has been grounded repeatedly since hostilities intensified in February. More than 40,000 Indian nationals live and work in Israel, many in the IT and healthcare sectors.
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With no direct service, travellers must transit Jordan or Egypt by land before catching onward flights – a journey that adds both cost and personal-safety risk. The Indian embassy in Tel Aviv has opened a 24×7 emergency helpline and is hosting virtual town-halls to keep workers and students informed. Employers with staff on Israeli projects are reviewing evacuation plans and advising essential personnel to relocate to Cyprus or Greece, where air links to India remain intact. Air India says it will resume only when “safe flight corridors and improved security conditions” exist. The suspension shows how quickly long-haul routes can unravel and underscores the value of multi-hub travel policies that give companies alternative routings at short notice.
