New Delhi: India has announced temporary closure of 32 airports across northern and western India for civilian flight operations till May 15 amid continuing missile and drone attacks by Pakistan.
The operations will remain suspended till 5.29 am on May 15, according to a series of Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued on Friday by India’s aviation authorities.
The 32 airports are Adhampur, Ambala, Amritsar, Awantipur, Bathinda, Bhuj, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Halwara, Hindon, Jaisalmer, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kangra (Gaggal), Keshod, Kishangarh, Kullu Manali (Bhuntar), Leh, Ludhiana, Mundra, Naliya, Pathankot, Patiala, Porbandar, Rajkot (Hirasar), Sarsawa, Shimla, Srinagar, Thoise and Uttarlai.
Earlier, at least 24 airports had been ordered shut for civilian flight operations till May 10.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has also extended the temporary closure of 25 segments of Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes within the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Information Regions (FIRs) due to operational reasons. “The 25 route segments will remain unavailable from ground level to unlimited altitude until 2359 UTC on 14th May 2025 (which corresponds to 0529 IST on 15th May 2025),” DGCA said.
The regulator has advised airlines and flight operators to plan alternate routes.
Air India in a post on X on Friday said that flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Bhuj, Jamnagar and Rajkot were being cancelled till 5.29 am on May 15 due to the continued closure of multiple airports in India.
IndiGo also informed about cancellation of its flights to and from 10 destinations until May 15 same time.
