In retaliation, Pakistan shut its airspace to Indian airlines on Apr 24, amid other measures. The same map now highlights all the scheduled routes of Indian airlines in early May from India’s top 15 international airports. For airlines from Pakistan, on the contrary, 99 percent of their flights do not need to fly through Indian airspace. Not all Indian airlines’ flights are equally affected. Its only other route connecting an eastern location is Islamabad–Beijing, which had bypassed Indian airspace even before the current conflict.
