Jammu kashmir terror attack: In view of India’s tough stance after the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan has shut down its aircraft for Indian airlines. However, airlines companies from many other countries are also avoiding using Pakistan’s aircraft.
Indian Airlines companies are suffering losses due to ban on flying on top of Pakistan. The flight is also taking longer to reach Arab and other countries. At the same time, many major Western Airlines are not using the Pakistani airspace voluntarily. However, they are not facing such restrictions.
Pak loss of millions of dollars due to European Airlines
According to the NDTV report, Pakistan’s Aerospace Authority is suffering a loss of millions of dollars every month, as it charges overfly fees from airlines using their airspace. For the last two days, Lufthansa, British Airways, Swiss, Air France, Italy’s ITA and Poland’s LOT have voluntarily avoided Pakistani airs due to tension between India and Pakistan.
Air India may lose crores annually
According to the report, Air India may suffer a loss of $ 600 million per year due to not using Pakistan’s aircraft. On the other hand, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority on the other hand may cause a loss of millions of dollars due to non -availability of overfly fee on an annual basis.
In February 2019, the airlines suffered a loss of at least 100 million in 5 months due to lack of aircraft on the terrorist camp in Balakot, Pakistan -occupied Kashmir, Balakot in Pakistan. The Center for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said that Indian airlines have to bear an additional cost of $ 70-80 million every month due to lack of flight from Pakistani airspace.
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