Flight Booking: Recently, direct flights to Navi Mumbai were started from Noida’s Jer Airport. Due to which there was a lot of happiness among the passengers, because now they were getting flights directly from Noida to Navi Mumbai. However, the airline which had started this flight has stopped it within a few days. Why so? Let us know.

Which airlines are these?
This airline is none other than Akasa Air. Which started direct flights between Noida International Airport and Navi Mumbai International Airport. However, now this airline has stopped its direct flights for the time being. This flight was the first non-stop flight to connect two new airports in India. The airline started this flight on June 16, but it was stopped after about 15 days i.e. from July 1.

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Two new flights started
After closing one flight, Akasa Air has started two new flights between Mumbai-Noida in place of this route. Both these flights are scheduled to fly daily. Along with this, the direct flight of Bengaluru-Noida has also been stopped.

Why was the decision taken?
The airline has taken this decision because both were new airports, which are still not easy to reach. Due to lack of good road and rail connectivity, lack of direct metro connectivity, expensive taxis and high airport charges, the number of passengers has been less than expected. Due to which the flights on this route have been stopped for the time being.

The flight was not closed forever
Explaining its decision, the airline has said that it keeps changing its routes from time to time considering passenger demand, weather, number of flights and better utilization of aircraft. The company has clarified that the Noida-Navi Mumbai flight has not been closed forever, plans are underway to restart it from October 1, 2026.

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India extends ban on pak airlines: After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India not only retaliated by running ‘Operation Sindoor’ and broke the back of the terrorists, but also taught a strong lesson to the neighboring country of Pakistan. India not only gave a befitting reply on the military front, but also hurt Pakistan’s economy. Now once again, India has taken counter action and has increased the ban on Pakistan Airlines in its aircraft for a month to the morning of 24 October.

Closed aircraft for Pakistan

This decision was taken on Monday in the NOTAM issued by the Indian Aviation Authorities. This step of India has come at a time when Pakistan issued a notice to keep the aircraft closure for the Indian Airlines for the same period. In this way, it has been almost six months when both countries have closed each other’s aircraft.

Ban started from 24 April

Significantly, after the Pahalgam terror attack in April, the relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad got worse. After this, Pakistan banned Indian aircraft in its aircraft, in response to which India also banned Pakistan Airlines. Since then, both countries have been increasing this ban by issuing demonetisation. However, this ban is only on the airlines of India and Pakistan, the airlines of the rest of the countries are allowed to use the aircraft of both countries.

Effect on 800 weekly flights

Around 800 weekend flights of India are being affected by Pakistan’s aerpace closure. These include flights from India to West Asia, Europe, UK and North America, which now have to go a long way. According to aviation analytics company Sirikam, only six flights of Pakistan Airlines (Lahore and Islamabad to Kuala Lumpur) used Indian aircraft.

But the situation is far more challenging for Indian airlines. Air India flights go to West Asia, Europe, North America and UK. Indigo flights operate from India to West Asia, Türkiye and Central Asia. Due to the shutdown of Pakistan’s aircraft, these airlines either have to take a long route or some flights have to be closed temporarily.

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