ISLAMABAD – Pakistan airspace’s remained closed for a second day on Thursday amid escalating tensions with India.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that Pakistani airspace will continue to remain closed for commercial aviation until midnight on Thursday, February 28.
https://twitter.com/AirportPakistan/status/1100977259324747776
Owing to the closure of Pakistan’s airspace, several airlines, including Emirates, Air Canada and Qatar, Etihad, Gulf Air, SriLankan Airlines have also have suspended flights to the country.
The flight tracking portals showed Singapore Airlines, British Airways and others were forced to reroute flights due to the closure.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/major-airports-in-pakistan-india-suspend-flight-operations/
On Wednesday evening, the CAA had announced to partially restored the flight operations in Pakistan after being completely suspended. However, today all flight operations remained fully suspended till further notice.
According to the Thai Airways, nearly 5,000 passengers were stranded in Bangkok after Thai Airways cancelled all flights over Pakistan owing to closure of airspace.
27 flights have been cancelled, the Thai flag carrier said, with three passenger jets forced to return to Bangkok´s Suvarnabhumi airport on Thursday.
https://twitter.com/ThaiAirways/status/1100737964793970688
Thai Airways spokesperson said that there are 4,000 from European flights and 700 to 800 from flights to Pakistan, adding that “We are waiting for permission to fly over other countries,” she said.
Yesterday, in a media briefing, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor told that the decision to close Pakistan major airports had been taken due to the prevailing security situation.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian military jets on Wednesday, a day after Indian warplanes intruded Pakistan airspace, escalating tensions between the neighbouring countries after the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, which killed over 40 Indian paramilitary troops in occupied Kashmir.
The leading powers of the world have been prompted to urge both of the nuclear-armed neighbouring countries to show restraint.
