Closure of Pakistan air space snarls flights across AsiaIslamabad International Airport. [PHOTO:GETTY]A temporary closure of air space over Pakistan snarled air traffic Thursday, especially between Asia and Europe, though some airlines adjusted by rerouting their flights.In Bangkok, an important and busy hub for transcontinental flights, thousands of travelers were stranded. “And we’ve been sleeping on the floor.” Thai Airways says it had rerouted flights to Europe outside Pakistani air space. Pakistan aviation authorities said the country’s air space would reopen as of midnight Thursday (1900 GMT). A United flight from Newark, New Jersey, to New Delhi was rerouted through London and later canceled, and Air Canada canceled flights from Toronto and Vancouver to the Indian capital.

Source: Standard Digital February 28, 2019 06:33 UTC