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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has silently relaxed its ban for Indian flights to use its air space and allowed an Indian plane to use Pakistan’s airspace while travelling from Srinagar to Sharjah, UAE.
Flights between UAE and IIOJK were started on 23rd October after both UAE and Indian government signed agreements for Emirati investment in IIOJK.
“Four flights of Go First have completed their operations since October 23 using Pakistani air space,” CAA spokesman Saifullah said. “The Indian government had sought permission for operations of these flights which the government of Pakistan permitted”, the spokesman told The Nation on phone from Karachi.
However, the spokesman CAA said this permission is only for the Srinagar-Sharjah route and no other Indian commercial flights are allowed to use Pakistan air space.
He further said this permission is not unlimited and Go First flights have been allowed for a specific time period, which he did not elaborate.
All commercial flights between two countries were banned in the aftermath of Indian violation of Pakistani airspace on 26th February 2019, which Pakistan responded the very next day by shooting down an Indian fighter jet and capturing its Pilot Abhinandan alive who was later returned to India.
More eight flights are planned by the airline “Go First” from Srinagar to Sharjah till 4th November which would use Pakistani airspace, the sources maintained.