Lahore: Pakistan declined the use of its airspace for flights from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir to Sharjah in the UAE. So, now the flight has to divert its route via Udaipur, Ahmedabad, and Oman. This will make the journey longer and more expensive.
The Srinagar-Sharjah flight operated by GoAir was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 23 October. The flight marked a direct connection between Jammu and Kashmir and the UAE after 11 years.
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Earlier, Pakistan had allowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special VVIP flight to use its airspace. Prime Minister Modi’s plane entered the Pakistani airspace from Bahawalpur, passed through Turbat and Panjgur and via Iran and Turkey reached Italy. Prime Minister went Italy to attend the G20 Summit.
The aircraft will use Pakistan’s airspace again on its return journey after getting formal permission from Islamabad. Indian authorities had requested Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for permission to use the airspace for Modi’s special flight.
Very unfortunate. Pakistan did the same thing with the Air India Express flight from Srinagar to Dubai in 2009-2010. I had hoped that @GoFirstairways being permitted to overfly Pak airspace was indicative of a thaw in relations but alas that wasn’t to be. https://t.co/WhXzLbftxf
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) November 3, 2021
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