By Admin 
Air India: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said on Tuesday that Air India has suffered an estimated loss of Rs 4,000 crore so far due to Pakistan keeping its airspace closed to Indian airlines. On June 12, people were shocked by the fatal crash of Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 plane going from Ahmedabad to London’s Gatwick Airport. On top of that, due to closure of Pakistan’s air space, the challenges facing the company have increased further. There are problems in operations and financial problems also persist.
Huge loss to Air India
Wilson said in an event, due to the closure of Pakistan’s air space, Air India has to change the route of flights going towards Europe and North America, due to which more fuel is being consumed, the expenses are also increasing and the travel time is also taking more. Air India has suffered a loss of Rs 4,000 crore due to this.
Why did the need to close the airspace arise?
After the death of 26 people in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India retaliated by closing its airspace to Pakistani airlines. After this Pakistan also did the same. Later, due to increase in tension between the two countries after ‘Operation Sindoor’, Pakistan extended this ban further. Under this, no civilian or military aircraft of both the countries will get entry into each other’s airspace. The biggest impact of this ban has been on the routes connecting India with Europe and America. This is one of the most used routes of Air India. Due to this, the average journey time is now taking 60-90 minutes extra as compared to before.
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