Thirty-two airports throughout northern and western components of the nation, together with Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations until Might 15, in line with the civil aviation regulator.
The choice, introduced early Saturday, is available in view of the navy battle between India and Pakistan that continued unabated since India’s Might 7 strikes on terror camps and Pakistan’s subsequent shelling of border areas.
The Airports Authority of India and related aviation authorities have issued a collection of notices to airmen asserting the short-term closure of 32 airports throughout northern and western India for all civil flight operations.
The closure shall be efficient from “Might 9, 2025, to Might 14, 2025 (which corresponds to 0529 IST on fifteenth Might 2025), resulting from operational causes,” DGCA stated in a launch.
The airports embody Adhampur, Ambala, Amritsar, Awantipur, Bathinda, Bhuj, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Halwara, Hindon, and Jammu.
Different airports are Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kangra (Gaggal), Keshod, Kishangarh, Kullu Manali (Bhuntar), and Leh, in line with the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation.
Ludhiana, Mundra, Naliya, Pathankot, Patiala, Porbandar, Rajkot (Hirasar), Sarsawa, Shimla, Srinagar, Thoise and Uttarlai are the remaining airports to be shut, the discharge stated.
Earlier, no less than 24 airports had been ordered shut for civilian flight operations until Might 10.
In the meantime, the AAI has prolonged the short-term closure of 25 segments of Air Site visitors Service routes throughout the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Info Areas resulting from “operational causes”.
“The 25 route segments will stay unavailable from floor degree to limitless altitude till 2359 UTC on 14th Might 2025 (which corresponds to 0529 IST on fifteenth Might 2025),” DGCA stated.
Due to the closure of those segments, the regulator has suggested airways and flight operators to plan alternate routes. The short-term closure is being managed in coordination with related ATC models to make sure security and minimise disruption, it added.
On April 30, India shut its airspace for Pakistan airways as a part of retaliatory measures within the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 folks. On April 24, Pakistan closed its airspace for Indian carriers.
On Friday, Air India in a put up on X stated that as a result of continued closure of a number of airports in India, its flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Bhuj, Jamnagar and Rajkot have been being cancelled until 5.29 am on Might 15.
In a put up on X, IndiGo stated all flights to and from 10 locations will stay cancelled till Might 15 similar time.
An armed battle rages on between India and Pakistan following India’s strike on 9 terror websites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir beneath Operation Sindoor early Wednesday in retaliation for the Pahalgam bloodbath.
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