Air traffic to resume, order to shutdown operations for three months withdrawn
Srinagar: Order about airports shutdown for three months has been withdrawn and commercial flights between New Delhi and Jammu-Srinagar sector are expected to resume shortly.
According to CNN news18 the NOTAM, Notice to Airmen to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route, has been withdrawn.
“Flight operations will resume,” they said.
Earlier eight airports over three northern states have were asked to shut down operations for three months, NDTV reported.
The list included Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have been shut down amid an escalation of tension with Pakistan.
NDTV said that the airport list includes airports in Amritsar, Jammu, Srinagar and Leh, Kullu-Manali, Kangra, Shimla and Pathankot.
The area has been on high alert amid warnings of retaliation after India’s fighter jets crossed the Line of Control on Tuesday.
On Wednesday Pakistan airforce did air strike along LOC and claimed to have shot down two Indian air force jets and arrested two pilots.
An Indian Air Force chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam this morning, in the backdrop of heavy shelling and firing from across the border. Two bodies have been found, said the police.
KV Online
