Since the Pahalgam Terror Attack in Pahalgam, troubles have been increasing for Pakistan. Earlier, India suspended the Indus Water Agreement, taking action and took many major decisions along with closing the attic border. So in response, Pakistan stopped its aircraft for Indian aircraft. Now India has been reversed and has shut down its aircraft for Pakistan. This can prove to be a big economic injury to Pakistan in many ways. Let’s understand why and how?
India’s aircraft closed for Pak until 23 May
After the Pahalgam Terror Attack, India is giving a shock to Pakistan one after the other and it is seen to be Pakistan. On Wednesday, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) released a notem, according to which India has banned the entry of Pakistani aircraft in Indian aircrafts till 23 May 2025. This means that Indian aircraft will not be available for aircraft owned by registered aircraft, Pakistani airlines and operators in Pakistan. This ban will also be applicable to Pakistani commercial and military aircraft.
These side effects will be due to the shutdown of airspace
India’s decision to close the aircraft, giving a response to ‘like Ko Tit’, may prove to be a major economic injury to Pakistan and due to the aircraft ban, there can be a big disruption in the scheduling of flights, an increase in flight timing as well as bounce the operating cost of PIA. According to Aviation Experts, after this decision of India, many PIA flights can be extended for one to two hours on the basis of destination. In addition to more fuel for additional flight time, additional crew duty will also be necessary and due to these problems, PIA will also be forced to reduce or reduce some services.
Press on PIA beforehand, now it will increase more difficult
Pakistani airline PIA, which operates a modest fleet of 32 aircraft, is already under pressure and PIA’s difficulties are going to increase even more after this action by India to shut down airspace after the Pahalgam terror attack. According to the report, Pakistani aircraft started distance from the Indian aircraft before the Pahalgam Terror Attack for fear of possible retaliation and now after the formal notam came into force, Pakistan’s Airlines will have no option but to fly on long and more expensive routes. The PIA will now have to change its flights through Chinese and Sri Lankan airspace.
Please tell here that India has more aircraft fleet than Pakistan. According to reports, Budget Career IndiGo alone has a fleet of 372 aircraft, while Air India operates more than 200 aircraft.
This is how Pakistan will get an economic injury
If we talk about the economic injury to Pakistan with India’s decision, then Pakistani airlines will have to go through long paths to reach their destination due to the closure of India’s aircraft. This will increase both the distance and time of flights and will increase fuel consumption in the aircraft. Due to this problem, airlines can increase the burden on passengers and air tickets can be expensive due to this problem. If this happens, it is possible that due to more time and high fare in air travel, people start traveling and it will prove to be a hit of the revenue of Pakistani airlines.
If you understand this as an example, till now the flight from Islamabad in Pakistan to Kuala Lumpur Flight used to complete its journey in about 5 hours 30 minutes, but now it will take about 8 hours and 30 minutes to cover this distance due to the closure of Indian aircraft.
What and why is the airspace necessary?
It is very important to know here what is the airspace of any country and how it is necessary. So let us know that when an international flight goes from one country to another, it passes over many countries, which is called the aircraft of that country. Flights see the smallest route and pay the overflight fee to the respective country to pass through the aircraft of the countries coming in the middle. Due to the closure of the airspace of any country, that flight cannot pass over that country and has to catch a long way by diverting that route.