Eighteen days after the closure of its airspace following Indian airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot, Pakistan is yet to allow all flights to cross its borders.
Pakistan had shut down all of its airports and had completely closed its airspace following the airstrikes for five days and has now partially opened its airspace. It is, however, only allowing flights bound for its own cities and has not given permission to airlines to use its airspace to cross over to another country.
According to data from international flight tracker Flightradar24.com, around 400 flights are affected daily and Air India is the worst-hit of the airlines due to this, The Print reported.
The public carrier operates 33 flights a week to the US and 66 to Europe, most of which have had to be diverted or cancelled, the report said.
Air India spokesperson Praveen Bhatnagar confirmed that "flight timings have been increased by over three hours”.
Both the diversion in routes and cancellation of flights has hit Air India's revenue.
A Business Standard report last week estimated that Air India was losing Rs 3 crore every day.
While Bhatnagar confirmed that the company is losing revenue due to this he said the loss has not been calculated.
“We are definitely undergoing a loss in this situation, but we haven’t calculated how much we have lost financially since 27 February," he said.
17/03/19 DNA
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Pakistan had shut down all of its airports and had completely closed its airspace following the airstrikes for five days and has now partially opened its airspace. It is, however, only allowing flights bound for its own cities and has not given permission to airlines to use its airspace to cross over to another country.
According to data from international flight tracker Flightradar24.com, around 400 flights are affected daily and Air India is the worst-hit of the airlines due to this, The Print reported.
The public carrier operates 33 flights a week to the US and 66 to Europe, most of which have had to be diverted or cancelled, the report said.
Air India spokesperson Praveen Bhatnagar confirmed that "flight timings have been increased by over three hours”.
Both the diversion in routes and cancellation of flights has hit Air India's revenue.
A Business Standard report last week estimated that Air India was losing Rs 3 crore every day.
While Bhatnagar confirmed that the company is losing revenue due to this he said the loss has not been calculated.
“We are definitely undergoing a loss in this situation, but we haven’t calculated how much we have lost financially since 27 February," he said.
17/03/19 DNA
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