Regardless of Pakistan and India agreeing to a ceasefire and the reopening of Pakistan’s airspace, flight disruptions continued at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Worldwide Airport (AIIA) on Monday. A number of worldwide airways, together with Saudi Airways and SriLankan Airways, canceled flights, leaving passengers stranded.
A number of flights from AIIA have been impacted, notably these to and from Jeddah, Kuwait, and Colombo. Saudi Airways, for instance, canceled flights SV733, SV737, SV739, and SV3735 on the Lahore-Jeddah route. Jazeera Airways suspended its Kuwait–Lahore companies J9 501 and J9 502, and SriLankan Airways halted its Colombo–Lahore operations, together with flights UL153 and UL154. Airport authorities have urged passengers to remain in contact with their respective airways for updates on rebookings and rescheduled flights.
Whereas the disruption continued in Lahore, operations at Karachi’s Jinnah Worldwide Airport returned to regular following the reopening of the airspace after the ceasefire settlement. The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) confirmed that the airspace had been totally reopened for all flight classes on Saturday. This choice got here after a collection of cross-border strikes and navy escalations between Pakistan and India, with each international locations agreeing to implement a ceasefire efficient instantly.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of the ceasefire, which each nations affirmed, marked a big de-escalation within the ongoing tensions.