Pakistan blocks Indian flights and ends with a loss of £ 1.240 crore in two months, reports

Pakistan incurred heavy financial losses after closing its airspace to the Indian registered aircraft, with Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) losing more than £ 1.240 (PKR 4.1 billion) in just over two months, the Defense Ministry notified the National Assembly on Friday. The Airspace ban, which began on April 24, was set on April 23 on the suspension of India of the Indus Waters Treaty. However, the move returned economically. The PAA’s income from the overwhelming charges dropped between April 24 and June 30, which affected nearly 100-150 Indian aircraft daily and cut Pakistan’s transport air traffic by almost 20 percent with the dawn. The Pakistani Ministry of Defense acknowledged the financial setback, but tried to justify it by saying: “Sovereignty and national defense have priority over economic considerations.” Officials also claimed that such measures for ‘strategic and diplomatic’ reasons were issued by notifications to Airmen (Notams). According to the ministry’s own data, PAA’s average daily income was $ 508,000 in 2019, compared to $ 760,000 in 2025, which means the ban Pakistan now costs more than during the previous position, Dawn reports. Currently, Pakistan’s airspace remains open to all but Indian airlines and aircraft, with the ban extended twice and will now last until the last week of August. Indian carriers are still not affected on other international routes, while Pakistani airlines are still prohibited from entering Indian airspace. The airspace began after the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, who killed 26 people. In response, India banned all Pakistani managers, possession or rented aircraft, including military flights, from entering Indian air from April 30. Minister of the civil servant for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said the notam’s restriction of Pakistani aircraft has been expanded to the Indian Airspace until August 23, 2025, which “conditions of safety projects and strategic considerations.” (With inputs of ani)