Pakistan on Thursday extended its airspace ban along its eastern border with India for the third time till June 28, according to a notice issued by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Pakistan fully closed its airspace on February 26 after theIndian Air Force fighter jets struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terroristtraining camp in Balakot following the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir.
The CAA notice issued to airmen (NOTAM) on Thursday says:”Pakistani airspace will be closed until June 28 along its eastern borderwith India. The Panjgoor airspace will remain open for overflying transitflights from the western side as Air India had already been using thatairspace.”
A Pakistan government official told PTI that since there hasbeen no official communication between the two countries regarding opening oftheir airspace for each other the “status quo” will prevail. “See if some development takes place at thegovernment’s level in this respect before June 28,” he said.