- Iran’s airspace closes after Israeli attacks.
- Jordan also issues a warning to close his airspace.
- Flights from Vancouver, Chicago to Delhi reroute to Jeddah.
The Aviation sector of India faces significant losses since the closure of airspace in six countries, after Iran’s reprisals to Israeli attacks, interrupts key international flight routes.
According to aviation sources, 30 Indian flights were diverted and numerous flights were canceled during the attack.
After the Israeli strikes last night, Iran’s airspace was closed to all flights, and Iraq soon followed his example.
On Friday morning, Jordan also issued a warning to close his airspace, but announced the reopening on Saturday. In addition, Israel has completely closed its airspace to mitigate the risk of retaliation.
During the attack on Iran, two Indian flights originated by Delhi were temporarily stranded, but they were finally allowed to leave Iranian airspace.
Flights from Washington to Delhi, New York to Mumbai and London A Delhi were diverted to several places, including Vienna and Frankfurt.
While the flights from Vancouver and Chicago to Delhi were redirected to Jeddah, while Bangalore’s services to Sharjah also faced interruptions.
Numerous flights from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and several European countries have had to be canceled.
As a result of these developments, flights from the United States are now arriving at their destinations through Canada, Russia, Mongolia, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh, significantly increasing travel times. For example, a 15 -hour flight from Jeddah is now taking more than 18 hours.
In Pakistan, flight operations are not largely affected, except for some delays.
Seven Najaf flights have been canceled to Karachi, Baku to Lahore and Karachi to Jeddah. In addition, two foreign airline flights from Kuwait to Karachi have been delayed in more than six hours.
Two flights from Dubai to Karachi faced delays in two hours, while four flights from Karachi to Istanbul were delayed in more than an hour. The flight of the national airline of Karachi to Muscat was also delayed in five hours.
In addition, Sharjah and Dubai’s flights to Faisalabad were delayed for two hours, and Sharjah flights to Sialkot and Dubai a fine faced delays of more than an hour.
