US EditionAsian airlines re-route, cancel flights due to India-Pakistan fighting
- Several Asian airlines re-routed or cancelled flights to and from Europe on May 7 due to fighting between India and Pakistan.
- The fighting escalated after India launched missile strikes targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan in response to a militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month.
- More than two dozen flights were diverted to avoid Pakistani airspace, while airlines like Eva Air, Korean Air, and Thai Airways adjusted schedules to maintain passenger safety.
- By the morning, airlines had cancelled a total of 52 flights involving Pakistan, while Pakistan asserted that it had downed five Indian fighter jets amid the ongoing conflict.
- The disruptions highlight ongoing regional tensions and raise concerns over airspace safety and operational challenges for carriers amid this worst flare-up in over two decades.
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Airlines re-route, cancel flights due to India-Pakistan fighting | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
TAIPEI/NEW DELHI >> Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or cancelled flights and about a dozen Indian airports were shut today after India struck nine sites in Pakistan, raising fears of an escalation.
Airlines cancel, reroute flights after India-Pakistan clashes
BANGKOK, Thailand — Clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan on Wednesday sent airlines scrambling to cancel, divert or reroute flights. The neighbors and longtime rivals exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier after India launched missile strikes in retaliation for a deadly attack last month. Here is a round-up of what airlines are doing to avoid flying over the conflict zone. READ: Explosions and fire on the conte…
Airlines scramble to reroute flights over Asia after tensions between India and Pakistan boiled over
An Air India Boeing 777. Indian airlines were banned from flying over Pakistan in April.Getty ImagesEscalating tensions between India and Pakistan have sparked mass flight reroutes across Asia.Flightradar24 data shows nearly empty skies over Pakistan amid the cross-border conflict.Airlines including Korean Air, EVA Air, and Thai Airways have all rerouted flights to avoid the airspace.Air travel across South and Central Asia has been thrown into …
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