Afghan airspace closed, flights from India to Europe, US set to get longer

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Afghan airspace closed


Afghan airspace closed, flights from India to Europe, US set to get longer



The stunning pace of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and its implications for the world will take some time to sink in but the immediate concern is international flights between India and the Middle East, Europe, the US and Canada.

But the new rulers have shut their airspace for civilian aircraft. This means that flights from India to the Middle East and onwards to Europe, the US and Canada will now have to be re-routed over Karachi or Lahore in Pakistan and then to Iran or the Arabian Gulf.

The closure of Afghan airspace and resultant diversion will add anything between 45 minutes amd 75 minutes of flying time from India to Europe. Timings for flights to northernmost cities in Europe like Stockholm and Copenhagen will go up by as much as 75 minutes.

It will also be a nightmare for the commercial departments of various airlines as now more crew and fuel would have to be accounted for, the pilot said.

In India, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an advisory to Indian carriers using the Afghan airspace to look for alternative routes.

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