The latest decision follows criticism of the move to seek special favours from Pakistan for the Prime Minister’s flight at a time when ordinary air passengers have been paying extra for the longer route to fly west. Islamabad has closed most of its airspace to flights to and from India since the February-end Balakot air strike. “The Government of India had explored two options for the route to be taken by the VVIP aircraft to Bishkek. “Difficult for me to get into aspects related to the Prime Minister’s flights, routes, the technical aspects. “The government of India had explored two options for the route to be taken by the VVIP aircraft to Bishkek.

Source: The Telegraph June 13, 2019 01:30 UTC