Hundreds of international and domestic flights to and from Pakistan have been cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers
Pakistan’s airspace for commercial flights will remain closed till Thursday midnight, the civil aviation authority announced as thousands of passengers have been stranded after flight operations were suspended across major airports in the country in the wake of the escalating tensions with India.
The aviation authority on Wednesday had announced that Pakistani airspace had been shut due to the prevailing security situation.
Later in the day, in a tweet which has since been deleted, the Civil Aviation Authority had stated that commercial aviation had been partially restored, starting with Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport of Karachi, media reports stated.
