ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) on Tuesday extended its airspace ban for Indian aircraft for another month until May 24, marking a year of flight restrictions on India\u2019s airlines. \u201cPakistani airspace will remain closed to Indian-registered aircraft, or Indian airlines\/operators (including military flights),\u201d a PAA Notice to Airmen (Notam) said. \u201cThis ban will now be effective till May 24, 2026 at 4:59am.\u201d Pakistan\u2019s airspace is divided into two flight information regions (FIRs) \u2014 Karachi and Lahore, according to a Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) document from 2022. The Notam applies to both the Karachi (OPKR) and Lahore (OPLR) FIRs.The Notam issued by Pakistan for barring Indian flights in its airspace till May 24, 2026. \u2014 PAA website The previous extension was set to expire on April 24. India and Pakistan have closed their airspaces to each other\u2019s airlines since late April 2025, when tensions between them escalated in the wake of a deadly attack in Indian-occupied Kashmir\u2019s Pahalgam. On April 24, Pakistan\u2019s top brass had announced a series of measures, including the closure of its airspace to all India-owned or Indian-operated airlines with immediate effect, as it retaliated against New Delhi\u2019s slew of aggressive measures against the country. New Delhi, without evidence, had alleged that Islamabad backed the attack; however, Pakistan had strongly denied any involvement and offered a neutral probe. DNA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) on Tuesday extended its airspace ban for Indian aircraft for another month until May 24, marking a year of flight restrictions on India\u2019s airlines. \u201cPakistani airspace will remain closed to Indian-registered aircraft, or Indian airlines\/operators (including military flights),\u201d a PAA Notice to Airmen (Notam) said. \u201cThis ban will now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-543056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n