Singapore: All thefts of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot have avoided the Pakistani airspace and have used alternative flight trails since Tuesday, May 6, a spokesperson said.
This can lead to slightly longer flight times for some flights, a SIA spokesperson said on Wednesday in response to AIC requests.
“SIA and Scoot will help affected customers by welcoming them on alternative flights, if necessary.”
The flights from scooter to and from Amritsar were also canceled until Friday due to the closure of Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in the city.
A full reimbursement will be granted if the affected passengers choose not to continue their trips, a spokesperson for Scoot said on Wednesday in response to the AIC requests.
“We closely monitor the situation in South Asia and continue to adjust our flight schedules if necessary.”
Several Asian airlines also said on Wednesday that they reach or cancel flights to Europe due to the fights between India and Pakistan.
India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of Wednesday, pulling missiles on what he said was “precision strikes in terrorist camps” in Pakistan, while Islamabad said he had killed five Indian fighter planes in the worst battles in more than two decades between nuclear enemies.
The Pakistani authorities said that there were 57 international flights operating in Pakistan airspace when India struck, and the office of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement that India “had caused a serious danger for commercial airlines” belonging to the Gulf countries and “lives in danger”.
India's offensive occurred in the middle of increased tensions in the aftermath of a Attack on Hindu Tourists in Indian cashmere last month.
More than two dozen commercial flights have been diverted to avoid Pakistani airspace. On Wednesday morning, airlines had canceled 52 flights to Pakistan, according to Flightradar24.
There were 57 international flights operating in Pakistan airspace when India struck, according to a spokesperson for the Pakistani army.
Interior flights in the two countries have also been disrupted. India has closed several airports and, therefore, the flights belonging to Air India, Indigo, Spicejet and Akasa Air have been canceled. Indigo shares fell 1.8%.
The images of the flight tracking website have shown that the northwest airspace of India and the whole airspace of Pakistan were almost free from civil aircraft, less than a few flights.
