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03-05-2025
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European airlines avoiding Pakistan's airspace since April 30: Report
In the past two days, some flights, like Lufthansa's routes to India and Bangkok, Polish Airlines' Warsaw-Delhi, and ITA airlines' Rome-Delhi, chose to avoid flying over Pakistan despite not receiving any official notice from NOTAM read more Pakistan's decision to shut its airspace to India has not only rerouted its carriers but also forced planes from Europe to choose a different route. Commercial airlines like Air France and Lufthansa have been avoiding Pakistani airspace since earlier this week. Airplane tracking site Flightradar24 has said that carriers like Air France, British Airways, and Swiss have changed their flight routes since April 30 to bypass the Pakistani airspace. And according to NOTAM, a notice for pilots to alert them about potential hazards, some flight paths in northern Pakistan are officially closed till May, and hence flights are adjusting their routes accordingly. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In the past two days, some flights, like Lufthansa's routes to India and Bangkok, Polish Airlines' Warsaw-Delhi, and ITA airlines' Rome-Delhi, chose to avoid flying over Pakistan despite not receiving any official notice from NOTAM. This has caused flights to operate by an extra hour. While NOTAMs are sent out to pilots to let them know about the dangers of some airspace, countries do their own risk assessments and alert airlines to avoid certain routes that they deem are not safe. India closes airspace for Pak planes Meanwhile, earlier this week, India closed its airspace for flights operated by Pakistan airlines in a fresh retaliatory move amid escalating tensions with the neighbouring country following the Pahalgam terror attack. The Indian airspace will not be available for the aircraft registered in Pakistan, as well as for planes operated, owned or leased by Pakistan airlines and operators. Also, the ban will be applicable to the military aircraft of Pakistan. The latest move, part of various measures taken by the government against Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, comes a week after Pakistan closed its airspace for Indian carriers. There are no direct flights between India and Pakistan. Pakistani carriers use the Indian airspace for their flights to Singapore, Malaysia and other East Asian countries. With inputs from agencies
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Time of India
European carriers start avoiding Pakistani airspace
NEW DELHI: Pakistan may have shut its airspace for India airlines, but now European and British carriers have also started avoiding overflying that country. Lufthansa Group, which includes SWISS, confirmed doing so. Flight tracking site Flightradar24 Thursday posted on X: "Air France, British Airways & Swiss flights adjusting routing since (April 30) to avoid crossing through Pakistan. Some airways in northern Pakistan are NOTAM'd unavailable through May, leading to adjusted routings with Pakistan as well." On Friday, it said, "Lufthansa, ITA Airways, and LOT joining the list of airlines routing around Pakistan (May 2)." NOTAM is a notice to alert pilots of potential hazards along a flight route. Some flights that avoided overflying Pakistan in the last two days without a NOTAM requiring them to do so include Lufthansa's Munich-Delhi, Frankfurt-Mumbai, Frankfurt-Hyderabad and Bangkok- Munich; LOT's Warsaw-Delhi and Alitalia successor ITA's Rome-Delhi. This added up to an hour to their flying time. All countries do their own risk assessment for overflying any region, and if they deem a place unsafe even if there is no NOTAM barring overflying, they reroute. "We are constantly monitoring the situation. The moment India-Pakistan conflict escalates, all flights will steer clear of the conflict zones. Airlines have done their last-minute rerouting as many planes will be enroute when and if the conflict escalates," said an official of a leading western airline. "In conducting its operations, KLM always prioritises safety of passengers and staff. Selecting safe and optimalroutes is a standard part of our daily practice, and we continuously assess the safety situation... Based on current safety information, KLM and other airlines are currently flying over Pakistan," KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said.
