NEW DELHI: The airspace closure by Pakistan inconvenienced passengers travelling to India using its airspace for a second day as overseas carriers barring Air Canada decided to continue flights in and out of India but had to resort to longer routes.
On Thursday, 12 flights out of Delhi were cancelled owing to the Pakistani airspace closure, and Pakistani authorities said airspace closure would continue on Friday.
While Air Canada decided to discontinue its flights to India till Pakistani airspace is closed, German carrier Lufthansa said in a statement, “In addition to our routes to India, connections to Bangkok and Singapore are also affected. We are already preparing adjusted routings and will increase the amount of additional fuel in the event of delays. Some traffic rights for the new routing must also be secured. Overall, it is to be expected that there will be hardly any major impact on flight operations.”
