Mangaluru-Muscat direct flight to resume from Sunday, says Capt. Brijesh Chowta

Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Capt. Brijesh Chowta on Friday said direct flight services between Mangaluru and Muscat will resume from March 1, thereby fulfilling the long-pending demand of passengers and non-resident Indians from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and neighbouring Kasaragod district in Kerala.

Air India Express will now operate the flight that was suspended from mid-July 2025. With thousands of people from the coastal region who are working and settled in Oman remaining deprived of direct flight connectivity, Capt. Chowta and his counterpart from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, Kota Srinivas Poojary, had written to Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu seeking his intervention in restoring the services.