Operation Sindoor: Over 200 flights cancelled, 18 airports briefly closed

Operation Sindoor: Amidst heightened India-Pakistan tensions following Operation Sindhu, greater than 200 flights have been cancelled, and a minimum of 18 airports, together with Srinagar, have been briefly shut for operations. The choice comes amid restrictions within the wake of the armed forces launching missile assaults in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) that focused over 20 terror institutions on Wednesday morning.

Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India Categorical, Akasa Air, and some overseas airways have cancelled their providers to and from numerous airports.

Sources mentioned that a minimum of 18 airports within the northern and western elements of the nation have been briefly shut. These airports embody Srinagar, Leh, Jammu, Amritsar, Pathankot, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Shimla, Dharamshala and Jamnagar, they added.

In accordance with one of many sources, greater than 200 flights to and from numerous airports have been cancelled by airways.

IndiGo mentioned it has cancelled greater than 165 flights from numerous home airports, together with Amritsar and Srinagar, until early morning of Could 10 resulting from airspace restrictions.

“Air India flights to and from the next stations, Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh, and Rajkot, are being cancelled until 0529 hrs IST on 10 Could following a notification from aviation authorities on the closure of those airports,” the airline mentioned.

In a submit on X, the airline additionally mentioned passengers holding legitimate tickets for journey throughout this era shall be supplied a one-time waiver on rescheduling costs or a full refund for cancellations.

“As a result of authorities notification on airspace restrictions, over 165 IndiGo flights from a number of airports (Amritsar, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Gwalior, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Leh, Rajkot, and Srinagar) are cancelled till 0529 hrs. IST of 10 Could 2025,” IndiGo mentioned in a press release.

The airline additionally mentioned that passengers whose flights are affected can reschedule the reserving on the subsequent obtainable flight or decide to cancel their bookings at no extra value, and a full refund shall be processed. IndiGo operates round 2,200 flights each day.

In an replace on X, SpiceJet mentioned airports in elements of northern India, together with Dharamshala, Leh, Jammu, Srinagar, and Amritsar are closed till additional discover. Departures, arrivals, and consequential flights could also be impacted. The affected passengers can go for a full refund or an alternate flight as per availability, it added.

At the least 35 flights to and from the Delhi airport, the nation’s largest and busiest airport, have been cancelled since 12 am, one of many sources mentioned.

The supply mentioned that 23 home departures and eight arrivals had been cancelled. Apart from, 4 worldwide departures had been cancelled. International carriers, together with American Airways, cancelled a few of their providers from the Delhi airport.

“As a result of notification from the airport authorities, flights to and from Amritsar, Gwalior, Jammu, Srinagar and Hindon are cancelled until 05.30 hrs on tenth Could 2025.

Akasa Air, in a submit on X, mentioned that as a result of prevailing scenario within the area, all its flights to and from Srinagar have been cancelled.

Regional provider Star Air mentioned its flights to/from Nanded, Hindon, Adampur, Kishangarh and Bhuj stand cancelled for the day.

“Kindly word, resulting from altering airspace circumstances some flights have been impacted at Delhi Airport,” DIAL mentioned in a submit on X.

Delhi Worldwide Airport Ltd (DIAL) operates the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGIA).

In the meantime, Qatar Airways, in a submit on X, mentioned it has briefly suspended flights to Pakistan resulting from Pakistani airspace closure.

In retaliation towards the Pahalgam terror assault, Indian armed forces, beneath Operation Sindoor, on early Wednesday, carried out missile strikes on 9 terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, together with the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s base in Muridke.

With PTI inputs