Bengaluru: India has moved the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) against Pakistan after Imran Khan’s government in Islamabad turned down its request for allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special aircraft to fly over the neighbouring country on its way to Saudi Arabia.
As the Air India One – the special VVIP aircraft of the national carrier – will now fly to Riyadh avoiding the airspace of Pakistan, it will take Prime Minister 45 minutes more than the usual time to reach the capital of Saudi Arabia. The aircraft will also avoid Cyclone Kyarr, which has intensified into a first super-cyclone – the first in the Arabian Sea in the last 12 years.
Modi is expected to arrive in Riyadh late at night on Monday. He will meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, apart from delivering the keynote address at the third session of the Future Investment Initiative Forum, hosted by the government of the kingdom.
Islamabad turned down New Delhi’s request for allowing Prime Minister’s special aircraft to fly over Pakistan for his visit to Saudi Arabia. This is the second time the Khan government declined New Delhi’s permission to Prime Minister’s special aircraft to fly over Pakistan.
28/10/19 Anirban Bhaumik/Deccan Herald
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As the Air India One – the special VVIP aircraft of the national carrier – will now fly to Riyadh avoiding the airspace of Pakistan, it will take Prime Minister 45 minutes more than the usual time to reach the capital of Saudi Arabia. The aircraft will also avoid Cyclone Kyarr, which has intensified into a first super-cyclone – the first in the Arabian Sea in the last 12 years.
Modi is expected to arrive in Riyadh late at night on Monday. He will meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, apart from delivering the keynote address at the third session of the Future Investment Initiative Forum, hosted by the government of the kingdom.
Islamabad turned down New Delhi’s request for allowing Prime Minister’s special aircraft to fly over Pakistan for his visit to Saudi Arabia. This is the second time the Khan government declined New Delhi’s permission to Prime Minister’s special aircraft to fly over Pakistan.
28/10/19 Anirban Bhaumik/Deccan Herald
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