Pakistan shuts airspace for Air India’s several international flights
NEW DELHI: Increasing the flight time, Pakistan has closed down three air routes used by Air India for its international flights, IANS reported. Pakistan’s move comes amid rising tension between India and Pakistan over revocation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
IANS reported that Pakistan has closed down three out of nine air routes for Indian carriers. The move, second this year, would affect national carrier Air India’s flights going to Europe, the US, and Middle East among others as flying time of around 50 flights will increase by about 10-15 minutes.
“The major route which we use for our long haul flights are still open and hence the impact is not much right now but we have got initial inputs that the remaining air routes will be shut.
