{"id":353659,"date":"2025-05-07T02:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353659"},"modified":"2025-05-07T02:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:44:24","slug":"srinagar-airport-shut-for-civilian-flights-amid-india-pakistan-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/srinagar-airport-shut-for-civilian-flights-amid-india-pakistan-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Srinagar airport shut for civilian flights amid India-Pakistan tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"903\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1.jpg 903w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/05\/Civilian-flights-suspended-at-Srinagar-airport-amid-Indo-Pak-tension-1-748x420.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar: Civilian air traffic in Srinagar and several other northern regions has been suspended following heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after &#8216;Operation Sindoor.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Srinagar Airport, Javed Anjum, confirmed that the airfield is closed for the day, with no civilian flights operating from Srinagar Airport on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpiceJet, in a statement on X, said that airports in Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar, Leh, Dharamshala, and other northern areas are shut until further notice due to the ongoing situation. \u201cDepartures, arrivals, and connecting flights may be affected. Passengers are advised to plan their journey accordingly,\u201d the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IndiGo also issued a travel advisory, alerting passengers that flights to and from Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar, Leh, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, and Bikaner have been impacted due to evolving airspace conditions. The airline urged travelers to check flight status updates before heading to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures come in the wake of escalating border tensions following India\u2019s strikes on terror infrastructure across the Line of Control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Civilian air traffic in Srinagar and several other northern regions has been suspended following heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after &#8216;Operation Sindoor.&#8217; Director of Srinagar Airport, Javed Anjum, confirmed that the airfield is closed for the day, with no civilian flights operating from Srinagar Airport on Wednesday. SpiceJet, in a statement on X, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[19630,19631,19632,19629,19628],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353661,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353659\/revisions\/353661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}