`India eyes China`s Xinjiang air route amid Pakistan airspace closure`: Aviation minister Naidu

Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025. Since then, carriers operating long-haul flights from Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of northern and western India have had to take longer routes over the Arabian Sea towards Muscat.

`India eyes China`s Xinjiang air route amid Pakistan airspace closure`: Aviation minister Naidu
Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025. Since then, carriers operating long-haul flights from Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of northern and western India have had to take longer routes over the Arabian Sea towards Muscat.