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Pahalgam attack: Indian carriers chalk out plans as Pak shuts airspace

Devise alternative routes for flights that currently fly over Pakistan

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Indian carriers lost over ₹540 crore between February 26 and July 2, 2019, due to Pakistan's airspace closure, then Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had told the Rajya Sabha. | Image: Bloomberg

Deepak Patel New Delhi

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Pakistan on Thursday announced the closure of its airspace to Indian carriers, two days after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K’s) Pahalgam killed 26 people, most of them tourists.
 
Executives from India’s leading airlines, particularly IndiGo and Air India, conducted internal meetings to devise alternative routes for their international flights that currently pass through Pakistani airspace. “The new flight paths, especially for services to Europe and the United States, will be longer and will increase our operating costs. Airfares will rise,” an airline executive told Business Standard.
 
Air India said on X that due to the airspace closure,