Islamabad: As tensions intensify among neighboring countries after Pahalgam’s attack, Pakistan has closed its airspace for Indian airlines that force long -distance flights for India to land in other countries to replenish fuel replenishment, aviation sources said on Friday.
Pakistan closed its airspace for Indian airplanes at 6 PM one day ago. The closure has already impacted several flights.
According to the reports, a Sharjah flight was redirected to Amritsar before entering the Pakistani airspace near Tobat, the sources said.
A flight from the Indian airline en route to India was forced to land in Ahmedabad to assume additional fuel, after passing through the Gulf of Oman.
Highlighting even more the impact, the fountains said, a flight from the Indian airline (AI 190) that travels from Toronto to India had to land in Copenhagen to replenish fuel refueling. Similarly, a flight from the Indian airline from Paris to Delhi landed in Abu Dhabi for the same purpose. The sources also indicated that a flight from the Indian airline (AI 162) from London to India made a fuel replenishment stop in Abu Dhabi.
The closure of Pakistan airspace is causing considerable logistics challenges and higher operational costs for Indian airlines.
The Federal Minister of Information and Transmission of Attaullah Tarar said Thursday that Pakistan’s airspace had been closed to India, which would eventually cause millions of dollars in losses to the Indian airlines.
However, the measure has arrived in response to the controversial measures taken by New Delhi, including the deviation of the water flow that legally belongs to Pakistan. The duration of the air space closure is also currently unknown.
“Pakistan airspace will close immediately for all Indian property airlines or operated by India. All businesses with India, even from and by the third country through Pakistan, is immediately suspended,” this was announced by the government after the meeting of the National Security Committee at Islamabad.
Tit-For-Tat ads have led to relations between neighbors with nuclear weapons at the lowest level in years.
An attack against tourists in Iiojk this week caused a new crisis among the residents of southern Asia with nuclear weapons, India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad for the murders, and Islamabad strongly denied the accusations.
The alleged militants opened fire in the Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist attraction in the Pahalgam area of Iiojk, on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people and hurting several others before fleeing from the surrounding pine forests.
Indian officials say that Tuesday’s attack had “cross -border ties.” Police, in notices, identified three people “involved” in violence. However, India has not prepared in the links or the shared test.
Pakistan said that Indian accusations were done without any “credible research” or “verifiable evidence”, saying that they are “frivolous” and “devoid of rationality.”
In response, both countries have closed the only open land border that shared and suspended the special visas of southern Asia that allowed people to travel between them.
They have declared the defense advisors of others in Misiones in New Delhi and Islamabad Person Non Grata, and reduced the strength of their embassies.
India has also suspended the Water Treaty of the Indus that regulated the exchange of water from the Indo River and its tributaries. Pakistan warned that any attempt to stop or divert water will be considered an act of war and will find “all force.”
Pakistan has stopped all bilateral agreements and has suspended all trade with India, even from and to any third country. He has closed his airspace to all Indian property airlines and Indian property.
