Pakistan has denied the use of its airspace for flights from Srinagar to Sharjah in Jammu and Kashmir. This decision of Pakistan will have the biggest impact on the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Let us tell you that this air space was revived after 11 years. After the decision of Pakistan, now the flight has to go around a lot. Now flying will become longer and more expensive than before. Its burden will fall on the Kashmiris of Jammu and Kashmir.
flights will be longer than before
Now the flight will be one and a half hours long as the planes will have to fly to Sharjah via Udaipur and Ahmedabad and over Oman. The flight will also be longer and more expensive, which will affect the passengers. Describing this ban of Pakistan as unfortunate, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted. He tweeted and wrote – Pakistan did the same with Air India Express flight from Srinagar to Dubai in 2009-2010. I expected that allowing GoFirst Air aircraft to use the airspace was a sign of improving relations, but alas, it was not to be.
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Amit Shah had given the green signal to the project on 23 October itself.
A top government official of the Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the decision of the Government of Pakistan has come suddenly. Because flights started from 23 October and there were flights on 24, 26 and 28 October. ICAO’s first liberty right gives the right to fly across the field without landing. Significantly, on 23 October, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had flagged off the inaugural Srinagar-Sharjah flight from the Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar. The project revived direct air connectivity between the Valley and the UAE after 11 years. The airline said in a statement that the launch of direct flights to Sharjah would also boost trade and tourism between Srinagar and the UAE .
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