Pakistan Suffers Rs 1,240 Crore Loss After Airspace Ban On Indian Flights: Report | World News
In response to the terrible expensive terrorist attack, India closed the Pakistan airspace to Indian registered aircraft after suspending the Indus Water Treaty on April 23rd. However, according to a local media report, Islamabad suffered major financial losses after being closed, as Pakistani Airport Authority (PAA) lost through RS. 1,240 CRORE (PKR 4.1 billion) in more than two months.
According to the moment, Dawn, on Friday by the Ministry of Defense of the National Assembly in a statement reported the figure of losses. In addition, according to the report, the closing entered into force as of April 24th, when Islamabad had withdrawn its gigantic flight permission for those who have or with all Indian registered aircraft and Indian ships.
The closure of the airspace was back to the Pakistan economy. According to Dawn, PAA’s income from extreme flight charges fell between April 24th and June 30th and influenced almost 100-150 Indian planes and reduced Pakistan’s transit air traffic by almost 20 percent.
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The Ministry of Pakistan accepts financial losses
The Pakistani Defense Ministry accepted financial losses, but tried to justify the decision to close the airspace for all Indian planes and said, “Sovereignty and national defense are priority according to economic ideas.” He said.
In the meantime, the authorities also claimed that the measures given by the notifications to the Airmen (Notams) were for “strategic and diplomatic” reasons.
According to the Ministry’s data, PAA’s average daily excessively open income in 2019 was $ 508,000 than $ 760,000 in 2025, that is, the ban was much more expensive than Pakistan than the previous stance.
Pakistan Airspace Closing
Pakistan’s airspace Indian Airlines and aircraft is open to everyone except and the ban has been extended twice and will now last until the last week of August.
In addition, while Indian carriers are not affected by other international ways, Pakistani airlines are still prohibited from entering the Indian airspace.
India-Pakistan tensions
On April 22, terrorists hit 25 Indian citizens and a Nepal citizen and Kashmir’s expensive. The incident sent shock waves to the nation. The responsibility of the attack was claimed to be a branch of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-E-Taiba (TF), but later moved away from the incident.
After that, he took several diplomatic measures against the new Delhi Islamabad, and the closure of the airspace was part of it. India banned all Pakistani, including military flights, from entering the Indian sky as of April 30th.
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