India Pakistan tensions: 32 airports shut, Delhi-Mumbai flights re-routed till May 15

India-Pakistan tensions: Thirty-two airports all the method thru northern and western parts of the nation, in conjunction with Srinagar and Amritsar, relish been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, per the civil aviation regulator. Airlines relish also been instructed to manual obvious of sure present flight routes between Delhi-Mumbai and re-route flights.

The decision, launched early Saturday, is available in uncover of the military battle between India and Pakistan that persevered unabated since India’s May 7 strikes on apprehension camps and Pakistan’s subsequent shelling of border areas.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and connected aviation authorities relish issued a sequence of Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) announcing the momentary closure of 32 airports all the method thru northern and western India for all civil flight operations.

The closure will be efficient from “May 9, 2025, to May 14, 2025 (which corresponds to 0529 IST on 15th May 2025), on account of operational causes,” DGCA stated in a starting up.

The airports encompass Adhampur, Ambala, Amritsar, Awantipur, Bathinda, Bhuj, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Halwara, Hindon, and Jammu.

Numerous airports are Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kangra (Gaggal), Keshod, Kishangarh, Kullu Manali (Bhuntar), and Leh, per the Directorate Total of Civil Aviation.

Ludhiana, Mundra, Naliya, Pathankot, Patiala, Porbandar, Rajkot (Hirasar), Sarsawa, Shimla, Srinagar, Thoise and Uttarlai are the final airports to be shut, the starting up stated.

Earlier, at the least 24 airports had been ordered shut for civilian flight operations till May 10.

Within the meantime, the AAI has extended the momentary closure of 25 segments of Air Online page online site visitors Provider (ATS) routes at some stage within the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Recordsdata Regions (FIRs) on account of “operational causes.”

“The 25 route segments will remain unavailable from flooring stage to unlimited altitude unless 2359 UTC on 14th May 2025 (which corresponds to 0529 IST on 15th May 2025),” DGCA stated.

Attributable to the closure of these segments, the regulator has instructed airlines and flight operators to devise alternate routes.

The momentary closure is being managed in coordination with connected ATC gadgets to be sure that safety and minimise disruption, it added.

On April 30, India shut its airspace for Pakistan airlines as part of retaliatory measures within the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam apprehension assault that killed 26 of us.

On April 24, Pakistan closed its airspace for Indian carriers.

On Friday, Air India in a publish on X stated that on account of the persevered closure of more than one airports in India, its flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Bhuj, Jamnagar and Rajkot had been being cancelled till 5.29 am on May 15.

In a publish on X, IndiGo stated all flights to and from 10 destinations will remain cancelled unless May 15 identical time.

An armed battle rages on between India and Pakistan following India’s strike on nine apprehension sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK) below Operation Sindoor early Wednesday in retaliation for the Pahalgam bloodbath.

With company inputs