Flights Affected After Operation Sindoor: Airlines, including Air India, Indigo, SpiceJet and Akasa Air, on Wednesday cancelled flights to and from a number of north Indian cities, including Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Amritsar, and Jodhpur, after India’s retaliatory strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) to avenge the Pahalgam attack.
Airlines have asked the passengers to check flight status before reaching the airport.They have also announced that passengers can opt for a full refund or an alternate flight, as per availability.
Flights have been affected in Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Dharamshala, Kishangarh, Bikaner, Gwalior, Chandigarh and Rajkot. Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India Express, Akasa Air, and a few foreign airlines cancelled their services to and from various airports.
More than 200 flights have been cancelled and at least 18 airports, including Srinagar, have been temporarily shut for operations amid restrictions in the wake of the armed forces launching missile attacks against Pakistan on Wednesday morning
It said at least 18 airports in the northern and western parts of the country have been temporarily shut. These airports include Srinagar, Leh, Jammu, Amritsar, Pathankot, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Shimla, Dharamshala and Jamnagar.
Apart from this, at least 35 flights to and from the Delhi airport, the country’s largest and busiest airport, have been cancelled since 12 am
“Kindly note, due to changing airspace conditions some flights have been impacted at Delhi Airport,” DIAL said in a post on X. Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) operates the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
At least 35 flights to and from the Delhi airport have been cancelled by various airlines, including foreign carriers. A total of 23 domestic departures and eight arrivals were cancelled. Besides, four international departures have been cancelled since 12 am
Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken control of Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Chandigarh and Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar.
