‘Suspend flights in high-risk conflict zones’ in West Asia’: Pilots’ body writes to DGCA, seeks war risk insurance cover

Airlines Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA) wrote to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), urging authorities to suspend operations into identified high-risk conflict zones in West Asia. The pilot’s body sought a mandate disclosure and verification of valid insurance coverage among other demands.

The pilot’s association also mentioned in the letter that “the current belligerents, USA, Israel and Iran have shot down civilian airlines in the fog of war of previous conflicts.”