NEW DELHI: Civilian flights had been suspended at 20 airports in north and western until 5.29 am Saturday (Might 10) for now after India hit terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK early on Wednesday morning.Airports which were closed are: Leh, Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar, Pathankot, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Bhatinda, Bhuj, Dharamshala, Shimla, Rajkot, Porbandar, Bikaner, Hindon, Kishangarh, Kandla and Gwalior. Airways have suspended flights to and from the locations until Saturday morning for now.Additionally after the Indian strike on Pakistan terror infra, nearly all overseas airways stopped overflying the Pakistan airspace from Wednesday morning. Some flights had been enroute when the strikes had been going down and needed to change course. Air India stated two of its worldwide flights en path to Amritsar had been diverted to Delhi. Now all flights, and simply these operated by Indian carriers, can have an extended flying time between the west and north India & Mumbai.KLM stated its Amsterdam-Delhi will take an hour longer and that to Mumbai one hour and quarter-hour longer. Each these flights will stay nonstop, the Dutch provider stated. United cancelled its New York (EWR)-Delhi flight on Tuesday evening, which suggests the Wednesday evening Delhi-New York can be cancelled.
Airports closed
In a press release, IndiGo stated: “On account of authorities notification on airspace restrictions, over 165 IndiGo flights from a number of airports (Amritsar, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Gwalior, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Leh, Rajkot, and Srinagar) are cancelled till 5.29 am IST of Might 10, 2025. Clients are inspired to examine their flight standing on our web site or cell app earlier than heading to the airport. Clients whose flights are affected can reschedule the reserving on the subsequent obtainable flight or choose to cancel their bookings at no further price, and a full refund will likely be processed.”Air India stated on X: “Air India flights to and from the next stations – Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot – are being cancelled until 0529 hrs IST on 10 Might following a notification from aviation authorities on closure of those airports. Clients holding legitimate tickets for journey throughout this era will likely be supplied a one-time waiver on rescheduling prices or a full refund for cancellations.For extra data, please name our Contact Centre on 011-69329333 / 011-69329999 or go to our web sitehttp://airindia.com.”AI Specific stated: “We’re providing a full refund or free rescheduling for our flights to and from Amritsar, Gwalior, Jammu, Srinagar and Hindon till 5.30 am on Might 10, 2025.” SpiceJet stated, “Because of the ongoing state of affairs, airports in components of northern India, together with Dharamshala, Leh, Jammu, Srinagar and Amritsar are closed till additional discover. Departures, arrivals, and consequential flights could also be impacted.”
No Pakistan overflying by overseas carriers additionally now
Pakistan had closed its airspace for Indian carriers on April 24. However from Wednesday morning, nearly all overseas airways stopped overflying Pakistan on their flights between the west and the east. “All Singapore Airways (SIA) and Scoot flights have stopped overflying Pakistani air area and have been utilizing different flight paths since Might 6, 2025. This may increasingly end in barely longer flight instances for some flights,” SIA stated.United cancelled its New York-Delhi flight on Tuesday evening. “Because of the evolving state of affairs in South Asia and ensuing airspace limitations, United has cancelled its flight to New Delhi. We’ll proceed to carefully monitor the state of affairs and make selections on upcoming flights as extra data turns into obtainable,” the US provider stated in a press release.