Thiruvananthapuram: Four flights from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai have been called off owing to the torrential rains in the desert nation. The cancelled flights include the Dubai bound Emirates flight, the Air India Express, the Sharjah bound Indigo flight and a flight of the Air Arabia. Earlier, four air services from Kochi to Dubai were called off as well.
The Dubai airport is flooded at the moment and several incoming flights from across the world have been temporarily suspended. A red alert has been issued in the Middle East nation.
The flights from Kochi which were called off earlier comprise those of the FlyDubai and Emirates Airlines, the Indigo Kochi-Doha service and also the Kochi-Sharjah flight of the Air Arabia.
Passengers are left in lurch as rains continue to batter UAE.