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Pakistan Opens Airspace For International Flights

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the country on Saturday announced the opening of operations for international flights routes between North and South.

According to a notification issued earlier today, the country’s airspace would now be closed for international transit flights until 3 pm on March 11, however, in evening CAA has announced to open airspace for flights from South Asia.

It said that the airspace for the eastern fronts will remain closed and no flight from Indian can enter in Pakistan.

The CAA added that all working airports of the country would continue their partial flight operations until March 15 while airports in Sialkot, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur would remain closed.

Islamabad took the decision to shut its airspace on February 27, leaving thousands of travellers stranded and forcing carriers to reroute flights, after an aerial dogfight between Pakistan and Indian air forces.

Flights between Asia and Europe were also disrupted, stranding thousands of passengers.