Pakistan and India on Friday extended the ban on airspace on each other’s aircraft, which has further caused diplomatic tensions between the two neighbors, which came close to the war earlier this month.
The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry issued a note (notice to airman), saying that no Pakistani registered, run, owned or leased aircraft, including military flights, will not be allowed to enter or use Indian airspace by June 23.
In Islamabad, Pakistan’s Airport Authority (PAA) said the ban would apply to ‘all Indian registered, run, owned or leased aircraft’, including military aircraft, and it would be effective at 4:59 am local time on June 24.
“Under this directive, no flight of Indian airlines or operators will be able to enter or cross the Pakistani airspace, the PAA said.
Before the airspace between Pakistan and India extended, the two nuclear powers came to the brink of full war as a result of an Indian airstrike following an militant attack in Kashmir on May 7.
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Pakistan launched drone strikes across India as a retaliation, which resulted in the worst military conflict between the two rival countries with nuclear power.
The two countries agreed to the ceasefire on May 10.
As a result, airspace was closed from the north to the west of India and over Pakistan, which led to a massive alternative route to flights to Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
Two days before the airspace was extended, an Indian passenger plane, which was flying over the Himalayan region, suddenly began to eat severe thunderstorms.
This spread panic among dozens of passengers and they started screaming. At that time, the aircraft requested the Lahore Air Traffic Control to use Pakistani airspace, which was allegedly rejected.
The photos showed that the plane’s nose from Delhi to Srinagar was trapped and was badly affected by severe thunderstorms. One month extension of airspace closures was made at a time when a pilot of the Indigo Airlines two days ago, during a sudden rise on Wednesday, sought permission from the Lahore Air Traffic Control to temporarily use Pakistani airspace so that it could be avoided.
A letter available to Reuters states that if the ban continues for a year, India’s state airline, Air India, will face additional costs of about $ 60 million, and the airline has demanded the federal government to compensate for the loss.
After the recent attack on Kashmiri tourists, after Pakistan closed its airspace for Indian aircraft as a response, Indian airlines are facing problems such as high fuel costs and increasing flight periods.
On the other hand, the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) shot and killed a Pakistani citizen, which is said to have crossed the international border and did not stop on a warning.
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