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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: Amid an elusive ceasefire in the West Asia war, air connectivity to the most cut off parts of the region has begun resuming very gradually and tentatively. Sunday saw the first direct flights out of Kuwait after Feb 28 to India and some other countries. As of now, Kuwait\u2019s Jazeera is making weekly plans to see how the situation in the region evolves. Gulf Air flights had begun operating between Bahrain International Airport and destinations in India since April 21. UAE, however, is yet to open its doors to foreign carriers, including those from India for this summer.Indians are the largest exit community in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. While Bahrain and Kuwait had been the worst hit in terms of aerial connectivity, Qatar and UAE have seen limited flights. Only Oman and Saudi have scheduled services. \u201cThe Saudi airspace is now open almost fully as of now and is at pre Feb 28 level,\u201d said a senior official of an Indian airline. Iran is also planning to open its airspace.\u201cHappy to be on the first flight to India as flight operations from Kuwait International Airport reopens (Sunday). India stands in solidarity with Kuwait,\u201d said Paramita Tripathi, Indian ambassador to Kuwait, on X Sunday when low cost Jazeera Airways resumed first direct flights after 57 days of Kuwait International Airport closure. On Day One, it operated flights to Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul and Mumbai from Kuwait. It will start flying to Delhi and Kochi, among other places, this week from Kuwait.Jazeera Airways\u2019 Indian origin CEO Barathan Pasupathi told TOI: \u201cThe network (out of Kuwait) will grow gradually. We are operating the Kuwait airport from 8 am to 4 pm as per guidelines. For this week we are flying direct to Delhi, Mumbai and Kochi with 14 flights. To and from all other (Indian) cities, we operating via Dammam. We will gradually move to direct.\u201d The airline had started operating flights to and from Saudi\u2019s Dammam after Feb 28.As part of the temporary operational procedures, passengers were asked to update their passport information 12 hours prior to their flight. Jazeera\u2019s Pasupathi added: \u201cSunday\u2019s departures from Jazeera Terminal 5 mark a defining milestone in our return to direct connectivity from Kuwait. This goes beyond the resumption of these six routes. It represents the restoration of direct connectivity for our community and a reaffirmation of our role in keeping people and essential supply chains moving from and to Kuwait.\u201d Till May 2, Jazeera Airways has scheduled 48 flights to Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul, Mumbai, Amman, Damascus, Delhi, Kochi, Jeddah and Riyadh. The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has begun preparations for Haj visitors from the country. \u201cAmbassador Suhel Khan visited Makkah and oversaw arrangements for Indian Haj pilgrims. He also received the first batch of Indian pilgrims arriving in Makkah from Madinah by train,\u201d it said on X Sunday.<\/div>\n