Air India Express to restore flight service to Muscat

Mangaluru: Air India Express will restore connectivity to Muscat from Mangaluru, from March 2026 with two flights per week.

Accordingly, IX 817/818 IXE-MCT-IXE will operate every Sunday and Tuesday. Accordingly, first IXE-MCT flight IX 817 will operate on March 1 with return flight IX 818 returning the same day. Second IX 817 & IX 818 flights will operate on March 3 with the next flight on the route being on March 8 and 10, 15 and 17 and 22 and 24 March 2026, respectively. 

The summer schedule of 2026 will start on March 29 wherein the timings and schedules of flights from Mangaluru will change. 

In fact, Air India Express had last operated to Muscat on  July 14, 2025 in the summer schedule of 2025. The Air India Express was operating with a frequency of four flights a week, before suspending the services.