India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has extended its Iran-overflight suspension, cancelling all flights to Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan through 28 February 2026. The decision, announced late on 3 February, follows an escalation in regional tensions after a series of drone strikes near the Iran–Iraq border.
The affected routes—Delhi-Tbilisi, Delhi-Almaty, Delhi-Baku and Delhi-Tashkent—normally operate with narrow-body A320neo aircraft that lack the fuel capacity to detour around Iranian airspace without a technical stop. IndiGo said safety concerns for passengers and crew outweighed commercial considerations.
Travellers will be offered full refunds or rebooking on partner airlines.
![IndiGo suspends flights over Iranian airspace, cancels services to Tbilisi, Almaty, Baku and Tashkent until 28 February]()
Amid these cancellations, travellers suddenly rerouting via alternative hubs may confront unfamiliar visa or transit-document rules. VisaHQ’s India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) offers an easy way to check requirements and obtain visas online for dozens of countries at short notice, providing corporate mobility managers and individual passengers with a streamlined fallback when flight plans change overnight.
Corporates with mobility programmes should immediately review itineraries for project teams in Central Asia, where Indian IT and infrastructure companies maintain sizeable workforces.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has not yet issued a blanket airspace restriction, but officials told media they are “closely monitoring” security assessments from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Other Indian carriers are expected to follow suit if the security outlook deteriorates.
Travel managers are advised to build extra transit time into February schedules and to keep abreast of insurance coverage, as some underwriters exclude war-risk zones.
The affected routes—Delhi-Tbilisi, Delhi-Almaty, Delhi-Baku and Delhi-Tashkent—normally operate with narrow-body A320neo aircraft that lack the fuel capacity to detour around Iranian airspace without a technical stop. IndiGo said safety concerns for passengers and crew outweighed commercial considerations.
Travellers will be offered full refunds or rebooking on partner airlines.
Amid these cancellations, travellers suddenly rerouting via alternative hubs may confront unfamiliar visa or transit-document rules. VisaHQ’s India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) offers an easy way to check requirements and obtain visas online for dozens of countries at short notice, providing corporate mobility managers and individual passengers with a streamlined fallback when flight plans change overnight.
Corporates with mobility programmes should immediately review itineraries for project teams in Central Asia, where Indian IT and infrastructure companies maintain sizeable workforces.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has not yet issued a blanket airspace restriction, but officials told media they are “closely monitoring” security assessments from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Other Indian carriers are expected to follow suit if the security outlook deteriorates.
Travel managers are advised to build extra transit time into February schedules and to keep abreast of insurance coverage, as some underwriters exclude war-risk zones.
