{"id":115673,"date":"2026-06-17T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115673"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:04:18","slug":"pakistan-extends-airspace-ban-on-indian-aircrafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-extends-airspace-ban-on-indian-aircrafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircrafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"0\">ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has extended its ban on Indian aircraft using its airspace until June 24.<\/span><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"1\"> The Pakistan Airports Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/farah-iqrar-hajj-surprise-aroosa-iqrar-welcomes-her-at-airport-celebration\/\">PAA<\/a>) issued a new notice confirming that the restriction still applies to all Indian-registered commercial and military planes, including those owned or leased by Indian airlines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"2\">This move means Indian carriers must continue flying longer alternative routes to reach various international destinations, which adds to their travel time and operational costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"3\">These restrictions have been in place for over a year now, following a military escalation between the two countries in April 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"4\">The use of airspace has been a recurring issue during periods of tension.<\/span><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"5\"> Pakistan first closed its skies to India in February 2019 after the Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"6\">While the airspace was reopened in July 2019, it was restricted again just a month later when India changed the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence-span\" data-index=\"7\">Although full access was restored in October 2019, Pakistan has repeatedly reintroduced these bans through official notices whenever relations between the two nations have worsened.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has extended its ban on Indian aircraft using its airspace until June 24. The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) issued a new notice confirming that the restriction still applies to all Indian-registered commercial and military planes, including those owned or leased by Indian airlines. This move means Indian carriers must continue flying longer alternative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":115669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[43128],"class_list":["post-115673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-indian-aircrafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115674,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115673\/revisions\/115674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}