India and Pakistan close cross-border airspace for transit flights

Baku. 27 February. REPORT.AZ/ International flights that transit between Indian and Pakistani airspace have been hit by the airport shutdowns in cities near the India-Pakistan border after tension escalated between the two countries on Wednesday, Report informs citing the Indian media. While on the Indian side airports at Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Dehradrun were closed for civilian air traffic, Pakistan has temporarily shutdown airports of Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Multan.