Operation Sindoor: Commercial air traffic affected, over 400 flights cancelled
27 airports shut in the country. Among them includes Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh and Amritsar airports.
STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
SRINAGAR, MAY 08 (STC): In the wake of “Operation Sindoor” targetting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, May 7, the country’s air traffic has got affected with 430 flights cancelled and twenty-seven airports in northern, western, and central India closed for commercial flights until Saturday, May 10, cross section of media reported.
News agency PTI reported that Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India Express, Akasa Air, and a few foreign airlines have cancelled their services to and from various airports.
The reports said that the Indian carriers cancelled a total of 430 flights on Thursday, accounting for 3 per cent of the nation’s scheduled services, while Pakistani carriers cancelled 147 flights, representing 17 per cent of their scheduled operations. Data from Flightradar24 revealed that the airspace over Pakistan and the western corridor of India—stretching from Kashmir to Gujarat—was devoid of civilian air traffic, as airlines avoided the sensitive region.
Notably, most international carriers also ceased using Pakistani airspace, opting instead to re-route flights via Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Airports that have been closed include Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Halwara, Pathankot, Bhuntar, Shimla, Gaggal, Dharamsala, Kishangarh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Mundra, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Kandla, Keshod, Bhuj, Gwalior, and Hindon, the report said citing sources. (STC)
