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Around 430 flights have been canceled across the country on Thursday.
The central government has closed 27 airports in the states of North, West and Central India till 9 May amid tensions on Pakistan. These include Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Ladakh and Chandigarh.
Large airports include Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Rajkot, Dharamshala, Amritsar, Bhuj and Jamnagar. These airports are engaged in Pakistan border. MP’s Gwalior and Hindon Airport in UP have also been closed.
Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India Express, Akasa Air and some foreign airlines canceled around 430 flights on Thursday. It is about 3% of the total daily flights of the country.
15 days after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April, India launched aircraft on 9 terrorist bases in Pakistan and POK late Tuesday night. More than 100 terrorists have been killed in this.
Full refund announced for Air India’s defense person Air India and Air India Express have announced exemption on full refund and bribes on ticket cancels for armed forces.
Air India said-
In view of the current situation, the defense personnel who have booked tickets for Air India or Air India Express for travel till 31 May 2025 will be given full refunds. At the same time, there will be a facility of free resade once by 30 June 2025.
Air India’s ‘X’ post.
Delhi Airport Advisory Delhi Airport said in the advisory- passengers left for the airport only after checking the flight states. The terminal and operations on all 4 runways continue normally. However, some flights have been affected due to the changing conditions of the airspace.
Mock drills were done on Wednesday at IGI Airport in Delhi.
4 essential information related to flight operation …
- Air India canceled all flights to 9 cities till 05:29 am on May 10. These cities are- Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot.
- IndiGo canceled all flights from 11 cities till 05:29 am on 10 May. These cities are- Jammu, Srinagar, Amritsar, Leh, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Gwalior, Kishangarh and Rajkot.
- SpiceJet canceled all flights in 6 cities till 7 May. These cities are- Leh, Srinagar, Jammu, Kangra (Himachal), Kandla (Gujarat) and Amritsar.
- As of May 10, 165 domestic flights of IndiGo have been canceled. Airlines operate around 2200 flights every day. 20 flights of different airlines have been canceled at Delhi Airport.
