Pakistan reopens airspace for civil aviation
Pakistan opened its airspace on Tuesday. This comes almost six weeks after India reopened its air space on May 31 this year.
India had restricted the use of its airspace on February 27 following the bombing by the Indian Air Force at Balakot, Pakistan. India’s neighbour soon followed suit and also shut its air space on the same day.
The closure of air space of both India and Pakistan had affected the global airline industry.
Hardeep Puri, Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) told the Rajya Sabha that the closure said Air India lost ₹ 491 crore till July 2, while IndiGo suffered a loss of ₹ 25.1 crore till l May 31.
