After A Long Long Time, Pakistan Has Finally Opened Up The Airspace For All Civil Air Traffic. A Fanatically Great News For Airliners Of The Middle-East And India As The Airspace Is Finally Opened Up For All Civil Air Traffic.
The Debt-Laden Air India Which Was Greatly Affected By The Closure Of Pak Airspace. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) Issued A NOTAM Re-opening The Airspace Shortly After 1900 hrs GMT.
The Airspace Was Closed On 26th Of Feb, 2019 Due To The Fierce "Balakot Airstrike" By The Indian Air Force. Although, No Civilians Were Harmed & Terrorists Were A Part Of This Strike But Still The Pakistan Government Demanded That Until The Indian Air Force Moves Out Its Fighter Jets From Delhi Base The Airspace Would Be Closed.
Although, In The Mid-Summer Pakistan Allowed Some Airlines Like Emirates And Etihad To Fly Through Their Airspace. The Airspace Closure Was So Strict That Even The Prime Minister Of India 'Sri Narendra Modi' And Former External Affairs Minister 'Srimati Sushma Swaraj' Were Not Allowed To Travel Through Pakistan Airspace While Moving Onto 'Kyrgyzstan'.
The Opening Would Benefit As Their Most Of The Routes Connecting To The Europe Go Through Pakistan Airspace. Air India Lose 400 Crores Due To The Closure Of Pakistan Airspace.
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