Really sad about UL. They had progressed from their earlier 737s and Tristars and the service had improved tremendously.
Two of the aircraft which were on ground at
CMB seems to be the A320s used for flights to India/Pakistan/Maldives.
THey have six aircraft diverted 4 to MAA
one to TRV and the Flight from Heathrow to DXB. All these are 330/340. So I guess they should be able to restore the longhauls fairly soon. The short term impact I feel will be on the A320 flights to the subcontinent.
Regarding alternatives among others
why not Royal Jordanian from Amman or
Kuwait Airways from KWI?
And I dont expect IC to cancel their flights
from MAA very long (the Indian cricket team is stranded there).