Jet Airways cancels more Dubai flights from Indian cities

Agencies

March 7, 2019

Mar 7: Jet Airways, the Indian airline part-owned by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, on Thursday cancelled some of its flights from Dubai to Delhi and Mumbai, due to large-scale grounding of its aircrafts.

Three Jet flights departing Dubai – two to Delhi and one to Mumbai – are among the flights cancelled.

Jet Airways’ official spokesperson told Arabian Business that while some of these cancellations were pre-planned due to grounding of aircrafts and were intimated to guests in advance, one of the cancellations happened due to grounding its aircraft at Dubai due to technical issues.

“The 9W 545 Dubai-Delhi flights has been cancelled from 7 till 17 of this month, and from 18 till 31 will operate only one day in a week,” the Jet spokesman said.

Similarly, the 9W 507 Dubai-Delhi flight is scheduled to be cancelled from 11 till 17 and from 18 till 31 is scheduled to operate only once in a week.

“Today’s cancellation of this flight was not scheduled and could be due to technical issues”, the spokesperson added.

Travel industry sources said Jet Airways flights from South Indian airports such as Kochi, Hyderabad and Bangalore to Dubai have also been cancelled.

“The information charts on departure and arrival of international flights at airports in most of the South Indian cities such as Kochi, Bangalore and, Hyderabad have not listed any Jet Airways flight today,” Anil John, manager with Ebenezer Holiday, a Kochi-based leading travel and tour operator, told Arabian Business.

An Arabian Business reporter at Dubai International Airport on Thursday morning reported seeing large crowds of people shouting at Jet staff after a 5am flight was rescheduled to 3pm. Airport security and Dubai police were present at the scene.

Several passengers reported being at the airport for almost 12 hours because of previous Jet Airways cancellations and delays. Some passengers were being promised refunds due to the delays.

Besides grounding of 25 aircrafts due to payment defaults to its aircraft leasing companies, Jet Airways has also grounded several other flights – aviation industry sources put the number at 15 to 20 – due to engine related and other maintenance issues.

In December last year, Jet Airways had cancelled about 40 flights in a week connecting several destinations in the Gulf region and various Indian cities, citing realignment of flights through is hubs in Mumbai and Delhi due to route viability issues with these sectors.

The cancelled routes included Kochi-Doha, Abu Dhabi-Lucknow, Abu Dhabi-Mangalore and Mangalore-Dubai.

Etihad Airways bought a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways in 2013 and there has been continued speculation that the Abu Dhabi carrier will increase its ownership in order to help bail the cash-strapped Indian airline out of its financial difficulties.

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Syrian Town erupts after Israeli forces enter Beit Jinn; heavy casualties reported

News Network

November 28,2025

Several Syrians were killed and more than two dozen others injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, amid intensified incursions by the occupying regime since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

Syrian state TV reported that the casualties occurred during an overnight Israeli assault involving helicopters and drones on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside. The attack followed an Israeli military unit’s entry into the town, where they were surrounded by local residents, leading to gunfire and direct confrontations.

According to the report, “The occupation army’s helicopters and artillery shelled Beit Jinn, located at the foothills of Mount Hermon, resulting in 13 martyrs and 25 injured civilians.” The broadcaster did not specify the full extent of damage.

Al-Ikhbariyah Syria confirmed that the shelling coincided with Israeli soldiers entering Beit Jinn, while artillery pounded surrounding areas. The broadcaster stated that the escalation began after local residents clashed with an Israeli patrol that had infiltrated the southern town and “kidnapped” three young men.

Following a two-hour exchange of heavy fire, Israeli forces withdrew and repositioned on the hill of Butt al-Warda at the town’s outskirts.

Israeli media acknowledged that six soldiers were wounded in the clashes—three of them seriously—describing the confrontation as a “sudden ambush” that forced the deployment of reserve units and air support to secure an exit route. No further details were provided.

The aggression has fueled renewed displacement from Beit Jinn, with residents fleeing to nearby villages amid increasingly frequent Israeli attacks.

The raid came just a day after Israeli troops carried out another ground incursion into Umm al-Luqas village in Quneitra province. According to SANA, an Israeli unit in four vehicles entered the village, raided several homes, and later withdrew.

Syria condemned the repeated incursions as violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and UN resolutions, urging the international community to enforce compliance and pressure Israel to halt its operations and withdraw fully.

Israel has expanded its attacks across Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad government last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize strategic positions.

Meanwhile, critics say the HTS-led interim government’s inaction and growing normalization gestures toward Israel have emboldened Tel Aviv to intensify its military operations. HTS, formerly linked to al-Qaeda, seized control of Damascus last December, formally ending Assad’s rule.

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