India Pakistan Tensions: Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, it has been decided to temporarily close at least 25 airports in the country. The movement of civilian flights at these airports has been stopped for security reasons. This decision has been taken after the Indian Army carried out missile attacks on terrorist bases inside Pakistan. The movement of civilian flights at these airports has been stopped for security reasons
India Pakistan Tensions: Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, it has been decided to temporarily close at least 25 airports in the country. The movement of civilian flights at these airports has been stopped for security reasons. This decision has been taken after the Indian Army carried out missile attacks on terrorist bases inside Pakistan. The movement of civilian flights at these airports has been stopped for security reasons. The airports where operations have been stopped are all located in the northern and western parts of the country bordering Pakistan.
The Indian armed forces avenged the Pahalgam terror attack by launching missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under ‘Operation Sindoor’ on Wednesday, May 7. The Indian Army destroyed nine terror camps, including Jaish-e-Mohammed’s stronghold in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s hideout in Muridke.
Following Operation Sindoor, more than 300 domestic and international flights were cancelled on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday. Air India, Indigo, SpiceJet, Air India Express and some foreign airlines including Akasa Air have cancelled their services to and from various airports.
IndiGo said it has cancelled over 165 flights from several domestic airports, including Amritsar and Srinagar, till the morning of May 10 due to airspace restrictions. Meanwhile, sources said around 140 flights of Air India Group (Air India and Air India Express) have been cancelled. The airline said, “Following the notification of closure of Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot airports, Air India flights to and from these stations are being cancelled till 05.29 am Indian time on May 10.”
SpiceJet also said in a statement that it has cancelled its flights to Leh, Srinagar, Jammu, Dharamsala, Kandla and Amritsar till 05.29 am on May 10 in view of the current situation.
The list of major airports that have been closed is given below-
- – Srinagar
- – Jammu
- – Leh
- – Amritsar
- – Pathankot
- – Chandigarh
- – Jodhpur
- – Jaisalmer
- – Shimla
- – Hospice
- – Jamnagar
- – Bhuntar (Himachal Pradesh)
- – Ludhiana
- – Kishangarh (Rajasthan)
- – Patiala
- – Gaggal (Himachal Pradesh)
- – Bikaner (Rajasthan)
- – Halwara (Punjab)
- – Mundra (Gujarat)
- – Porbandar (Gujarat)
- – Rajkot
- – Kandla (Gujarat)
- – Keshod (Gujarat)
- – Bhuj (Gujarat)
- – Thoise (Ladakh)
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