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Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Air India CEO Says Pakistan Airspace Ban Adding to Flying Costs
By and Mihir Mishra Save The continuing ban for Indian airlines in using Pakistani airspace is adding flying hours for non-stop flights and will weigh down Air India Ltd. 's path to profitability, its top executive said in an interview. 'The impact is significant but we have been able to sustain non-stop operations' to most destinations in North America and Europe, Air India Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson said in a Bloomberg TV interview Monday. 'It'll certainly hit our bottomline.'


Bloomberg
06-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Airlines Avoid Pakistani Airspace as Tension With India Mount
Europe's largest airlines are avoiding Pakistani airspace amid simmering tensions with India, adding another detour to global flight paths that have become increasingly caught up in military standoffs around the world. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France-KLM and British Airways have all stopped using the airspace and have instead reverted to flying over the Arabian sea since the end of April to enter India, data by flight-tracking site Flightradar24 show. Emirates, the world's largest international airline, is also circumnavigating the area, the data show.