Security personnel stands guard next to the closed Kangra Airport near Dharamshala, All major airlines have cancelled their flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Chandigarh, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Dharamshala, Rajkot among other states on May 7, 2025.
| Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy
Commercial flights at over a dozen airports in northern parts of the country have been cancelled till May 10, multiple airlines said citing a government notification that was issued after India carried out military strikes at several points near its border with Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday (May 7, 2025).
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IndiGo has cancelled over 165 flights from 11 airports until 0529 hours on May 10, it said in a press statement. The decision was taken “due to government notification on airspace restrictions,” it added.
IndiGo’s flights have been impacted at Amritsar, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Gwalior, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Leh, Rajkot, and Srinagar.
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Air India too said in a post on X that its flights from nine airports were being cancelled for the same time period. These airports are Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot.
Air India Express too has cancelled its flights from Amritsar, Gwalior, Jammu, Srinagar and Hindon till May 10.
All airlines have offered free rescheduling of flights as well as the option of seeking a full refund.
Early on Wednesday (May 7), many airlines had announced suspension of flight operations at many of these airports until 12 p.m. as Indian defence forces mounted an attack at several points near the border with Pakistan.
Published – May 07, 2025 05:17 am IST