On the 40th anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 bombing, Canada's UN envoy Bob Rae said the attack was planned by people living in Canada and must be remembered as a domestic act of terror, not a distant event.
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, Irish Prime Minister, Micheal Martin, and Canadian Minister of Public Safety, Gary Anandasangaree, laid a wreath at the Ahakista Memorial in Cork in Ireland, to pay homage to the victims.
Air India's Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram flight AI 2454 carrying passengers suffered a bird hit on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of the return flight on the same day.
UAE's national carrier, Etihad Airways, is witnessing issues of flight delays and cancellations, due to ongoing regional instability and multiple airspace closures, as reported by Gulf News.
Speaking to reporters after receiving a new batch of 285 Indian nationals evacuated from the conflict-hit Iran at the Delhi Airport, Margherita said that 162 Indian nationals who had crossed into Jordan from Israel would be repatriated "within a day or two."
Despite these temporary reductions, Air India said it will continue to operate close to 600 daily flights with its narrowbody aircraft on 120 domestic and short-haul international routes.
Air India on Sunday said that all its flights are currently avoiding certain airspaces over the Persian Gulf, amidst escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.
Air India flight AI-114 from Birmingham to Delhi received a bomb threat on Saturday, following which it was diverted to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely, according to an Air India Spokesperson.