The Indian authorities have allowed commercial operations to all the airports that were shut after a few fighter jets of the Pakistani Air Force entered the Indian side of Kashmir.
“As of now ops to these airports resumed,” said a senior DGCA official.
The authorities had informed all airlines that airports near the Jammu & Kashmir region and Dehradun has been closed.
Several
airline executives confirmed that the government has informed them that flights to Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Amritsar, Pathankot, Chandigadh, Dehradun & Dharamshala have been suspended ‘till further notice.’
One official added that no Notice to Airmen (
NOTAM) have been issued yet. “It is a notification to the government that the airlines have received,” the source in the know said.
The Pakistani Air Force entered into the Indian side of Kashmir after the
Indian Air Force entered the Pakistani territory and bombed a terrorist training centre in Pakistan. The attack is estimated to have killed about 350 terrorists.