In a reciprocal move, India has extended the ban on Pakistani airlines and aircraft from entering Indian airspace by a month till the early morning of October 24, according to a fresh notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued by India’s aviation authorities on Monday. The new notice comes a couple of days after Pakistan’s NOTAM extended the closure of its airspace for Indian aircraft and airlines for the same period. With these extensions, the neighbours’ airspace closures for each other’s aircraft are set to enter their sixth month.

With a deterioration in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad after the Pahalgam terror attack in April, Pakistan initiated an airspace closure on April 24. Initially for one month, this ban prohibited Indian aircraft and airlines from overflying Pakistani airspa

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