Indian airlines to suffer higher costs, detours in ban from Pakistan airspace

Indian airlines to suffer higher costs, detours in ban from Pakistan airspace

The airlines are bracing for higher fuel costs and longer journey times.

Indian Airlines Brace For Higher Costs, Detours After Ban From Pakistan Airspace

Top Indian airlines Air India and IndiGo are bracing for higher fuel costs and longer journey times as they reroute international flights after Pakistan shut its airspace to them amid escalating tensions over a deadly militant attack in Kashmir.

After the Pahalgam incident, the bitterness between India and Pakistan is continuously increasing. A diplomatic war has started between the two countries. On one hand, India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty, the impact of which will be seen on more than 20 crore people of Pakistan. On the other hand, Pakistan has closed its airspace to India. The impact of which will be seen on Indian airline companies. According to information, this may inc…

Pakistan airspace ban hits Indian airlines - TravelBiz Monitor: India travel news, travel trends, tourism

Indian airlines, including Air India and IndiGo, are facing operational challenges after Pakistan closed its airspace to them in the wake of heightened tensions over a deadly militant attack in Kashmir. This move forces carriers to take longer international routes, leading to increased fuel consumption and flight durations. The April 23 attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, in which 26 men were killed, has intensified hostilities between India an…

Suspending Indus Waters Treaty will bring no immediate benefit THE NEW INDIAN

I sincerely hope the Government’s strategists have taken a range of factors into account while deciding to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty—for it has opened the way for Pakistan to set aside the Shimla Agreement, which asserts that the Kashmir dispute is a bilateral issue on which no other country or world organisation has a locus. The more immediate fall-out of tit-for-tat moves is that Indian flight operators will have to take long detours to …

Pakistan airspace ban: Indian airlines to suffer higher costs

The worst impacted airport will be New Delhi, from where flights cross Pakistani airspace to fly to destinations in the West and the Middle East