{"id":14834,"date":"2025-09-23T06:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/india-and-pakistan-extend-airspace-restriction-until-oct-24-for-sixth-month\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T06:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:13:10","slug":"india-and-pakistan-extend-airspace-restriction-until-oct-24-for-sixth-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/india-and-pakistan-extend-airspace-restriction-until-oct-24-for-sixth-month\/","title":{"rendered":"India and Pakistan extend airspace restriction until Oct 24 for sixth month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>India has extended its ban on Pakistani airlines and aircraft from entering Indian airspace until the early hours of October 24, aviation authorities said in a fresh Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), Indian Express reported.<\/p>\n<p>The move came just days after Pakistan prolonged its own airspace closure for Indian carriers by a similar period. With the latest extensions, the reciprocal restrictions are set to continue into their sixth month.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction, first imposed on April 30 following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians on April 22, was initially meant to last a month, but has since been extended multiple times. In a reciprocal move, Pakistan has also prolonged its airspace ban for Indian aircraft until the same date. Indian carriers will not be permitted to overfly Pakistan.<br \/>NOTAMs are notices used in global aviation to alert pilots and airlines about critical changes or restrictions that may affect flight operations.<\/p>\n<p>The prolonged airspace closure has increased flying times and fuel costs for Indian carriers flying internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines are forced to take longer alternate routes, adding anywhere between 30 minutes to over two hours on certain international sectors, particularly for long-haul flights from Delhi to Europe, the Middle East and North America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/india\/india-and-pakistan-extend-airspace-restriction-until-oct-24-for-sixth-month-19684418.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has extended its ban on Pakistani airlines and aircraft from entering Indian airspace until the early hours of October 24, aviation authorities said in a fresh Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), Indian Express reported. The move came just days after Pakistan prolonged its own airspace closure for Indian carriers by a similar period. With the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}