All Flight Operations In Pakistan Remain Suspended Till Thursday

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 27, 2019 | 05:09 PM

All flight operations in Pakistan remain suspended till Thursday midnight, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a notification on Wednesday

LAHORE (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 27th February, 2019) All flight operations in Pakistan remain suspended till Thursday midnight, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a notification on Wednesday.The authority, in a notification, announced it has officially closed its airspace till tomorrow midnight, in the wake of escalating border tensions between Pakistan and IndiaFlight operations at Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Islamabad airports were suspended after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace earlier today and arrested two Indian pilots on ground.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) tweeted a few hours later that the Pakistani airspace had been closed until further notice.

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor, in a media briefing following Pakistan's retaliatory action, said the decision to close the airspace had been taken "due to the environment".India has also shut down at least four airports after the incident, according to Reuters.

Flight operations at Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot and Leh airports have been suspended. Airports in Chandigarh and Amritsar have also been closed.The entire air space north of Delhi was vacated, Press Trust of India reported. NNI