The Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed the closure of the airport at Srinagar airport, which led to a complete suspension of civil flight operations for today. Srinagar Airport Javed Anjum confirmed the local press agency in Kashmir and said that “the airport is closed and today no civil flights will be operated from Srinagar Airport.”
This step comes against the background of the Sindoor operation, an accurate strike of the Indian armed forces about terrorist camps across the control line (LOC) in Pakistan and Pakistan in the middle of Kashmir.
Spicejet, Indigo, Air India Issue Advisory
The authorities urged passengers to check the state of the flight with the relevant airlines before they head to the airport.
Spicejet Airlines on Wednesday released flight consultancy for the airport in the northern part of the country.
Airlines said they wrote in the post that the airports including Leh, Jammu, Dharamshala, Srinagar and Amritsar will be closed until the next announcement, which further states that departures, arrivals and subsequent flights will also be affected.
“Due to the ongoing situation, the airport in the parts of northern India, including Dharamshala (DHM), Leh (IXL), Jammu (IXJ), Srinagar (SXR) and AMRITSAR (ATQ), they are closed until further warnings.
“Given the changing air space conditions in the region, our flights are to AZ #srinagar, #jammu, #amritsar, #hle, #chandigarh and #dharamshala. It urged passengers to check the flight status before reaching the airport.
Contemporary airspace restrictions, added, also added flights to/from Gwalior, Bikaner, Jodhpur.
“With regard to the prevailing situation, Air India canceled all its years to AZ the following stations – Jammu, Srinagar, Slee, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot – until May 12.
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