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Global airlines steer clear of Pak airspace for India flights

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May 06, 2025

Major global airlines such as Lufthansa, Swiss, Emirates, American Airlines, Air France, and British Airways have stopped using Pakistan's airspace while operating their flights to and from India, after tensions between India and Pakistan flared following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 people, most of them tourists, died.

- DEEPAK PATEL

Pakistan had, on April 24, announced the closure of its airspace to Indian carriers. India shut its airspace for Pakistan's airlines from May 1 onwards. International carriers, however, are allowed to use both countries' airspaces.

Yet, Lufthansa's Delhi-Frankfurt flight and Swiss International Air Lines' Delhi-Zurich flight stopped using Pakistani airspace from May 1, instead routing via Gujarat and the United Arab Emirates airspace to Europe, according to industry sources. Swiss is part of the Lufthansa Group.

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