Pakistani airspace closed for all transit flights till March 9: CAA
KARACHI (92 News) – The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday announced that Pakistani airspace will remain closed for all transit flights March 9.
According to the notification issued by CAA, the airspace has been closed for all overflying (transit) flights till March 9, 10:00EST.
Some transit flights between the north and south of the airspace have been permitted.
In his tweet, the CAA said, “Flight operations in Pakistan to resume fully including Gilgit, Faisalabad, Multan & Rahim Yar Khan Airports, which were suspended for an additional 24 hours on Thursday. For details on flight schedule, please contact your airlines.”
Some transit flights between the north and south of the airspace have been permitted.
In his tweet, the CAA said, “Flight operations in Pakistan to resume fully including Gilgit, Faisalabad, Multan & Rahim Yar Khan Airports, which were suspended for an additional 24 hours on Thursday. For details on flight schedule, please contact your airlines.”
“Pakistan to successfully reopen its airspace. For further details on particular flight, please contact your airline. PCAA will not able to assist with your flight schedule. For further details on #NOTAM's, please contact on below details. Email: [email protected],” the CAA said, in another tweet.Flight operations in #Pakistan to resume fully including Gilgit, Faisalabad, Multan & Rahim Yar Khan Airports, which were suspended for an additional 24 hours on Thursday.🇵🇰
For details on flight schedule, please contact your airlines. pic.twitter.com/wid1ZBufnv — CAA Pakistan (@AirportPakistan) March 8, 2019
#Pakistan to successfully reopen its airspace. For further details on particular flight, please contact your airline. PCAA will not able to assist with your flight schedule. For further details on #NOTAM's, please contact on below details. Email: [email protected]
— CAA Pakistan (@AirportPakistan) March 8, 2019
Pakistani airspace to remain closed for commercial aviation: CAA
On Feb 28, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that Pakistani airspace will remain closed to commercial operations till further announcement.
According to the details, the decision was taken in view of the prevailing tensions between Pakistan and India.
The CAA website shows that airspace is estimated to remain closed until 8am GMT on Friday, March 1.
“NOTAM is still in place & airspace over #Pakistan remains closed. Apology for an earlier tweet that indicated partial opening of our airspace for commercial aviation. Any further information will be shared accordingly,” the CAA stated in its tweet.
On Wednesday Pakistani airspace was shut after the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), acknowledged the closure of Pakistan’s airspace due to the prevailing security situation. However, later in the day, the CAA ─ in a tweet which has since been deleted ─ had stated that commercial aviation had been partially restored.But in another tweet in the early hours of Thursday morning, it retracted the partial resumption statement and said that the closure was in fact still intact, adding that it would reopen around midnight on Thursday.NOTAM is still in place & airspace over #Pakistan remains closed.
Apology for an earlier tweet that indicated partial opening of our airspace for commercial aviation. Any further information will be shared accordingly.pic.twitter.com/0gFJcJeYOb — CAA Pakistan (@AirportPakistan) February 27, 2019
Operation of Samjhota Express temporarily suspended
On the other hand, the operation of Samjhota Express has been suspended on Thursday amid the soaring tensions between Pakistan and India. “Samjhota Express will resume its operations as soon as the security situation improves between India and Pakistan,” said the Foreign Office in a statement.Two pilots killed as two Indian jets shot down by PAF: DG ISPR
A day earlier, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, giving the first surprise to India. According to the ISPR, the Indian jets had violated the Line of Control. The PAF gave a timely response and destroyed them.
The Pak Army jawans arrested one of the pilots. The wreckage of one of the jets fell in the Pakistani territory, while the wreckage of another jet fell in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
