After the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, pakistan, which is furious over the kind of action taken by india, is taking such steps, due to which it is itself losing crores of rupees. Closing its airspace for indian planes is proving very costly for it. This is being confirmed by the figures of 2019, when india carried out Operation Balakot after the Pulwama attack. At that time also, pakistan took the same step and closed its airspace for indian planes.
pakistan had kept this airspace closed for about five months, due to which on one hand 400 flights using Pakistan's airspace were affected daily, while on the other hand pakistan suffered a loss of Rs 700 crore. According to reports, pakistan suffered a huge loss of Rs 5.4 crore daily.
pakistan suffered heavy losses
Along with this, the flight time also increased because the planes had to bypass pakistan airspace. Due to this, the cost of fuel, operating cost and maintenance cost also increased and the duty hours for the air crew also increased.
The main reason for the loss to pakistan is that flights from North indian cities like Delhi, Amritsar, lucknow and jaipur to countries like Europe, Middle east, America, canada pass over Pakistan. pakistan is paid flight charges for passing through the airspace for this. But when indian flights bypass pakistan, the direct loss will be that it will not be able to get the flight charges. Also, Pakistani airlines flying to South east Asia will have to take a longer route avoiding India. By doing this, the expenses of the neighboring country will also increase.
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