20 Indian Airports Stay Closed Despite Ceasefire Agreement

• Reports indicate 123 flights are scheduled daily from Amritsar.
• At least 65 flights have been canceled each day at Srinagar Airport.
• Ludhiana Airport is set to operate 2 flights, but currently has no aircraft available.

KARACHI: Despite a ceasefire agreement, India has yet to resume flight operations at its 20 closed airports, which have been grounded for over a week. This has led to speculation about the Indian government’s motives—whether there’s an underlying fear of the Pakistan Army or plans that remain undisclosed, according to a report by The News.

Approximately 300 flights are continuously being canceled, with all aircraft being removed from these airports.

Sources report that Amritsar Airport, located near Lahore, typically facilitates 123 flights daily, but all are currently canceled, with only one Cessna aircraft available. Srinagar Airport, closed for six days, has also seen 65 daily flights canceled, leaving no aircraft on site.

Ladakh’s Leh Kaushik Airport has had 30 daily flights canceled, as has Jammu Airport, where all flights have been grounded. Meanwhile, Dharamshala Airport manages 14 flights, but is limited to one Global Ranger aircraft from Punjab Civil Aviation.

Chandigarh Airport operates around 70 flights daily, currently housing four small aircraft, while Jodhpur Airport facilitates between 18 to 20 flights each day, but now has one 505 Jet Ranger X aircraft parked there.

Rajkot Herasar Airport has been without Indian airline flights for several days, despite operating 20 flights. Bhuj Airport in Gujarat used to manage ten flights, but all are currently inactive.

Kullu Bhuntar Airport accommodates 5 to 6 flights daily, but has no aircraft available. Adampur Airport in Jalandhar is limited to two flights, but lacks available planes. Shimla Airport manages four flights a day, with one aircraft and a helicopter currently available.

Ludhiana Airport continues to operate 2 flights, but has no aircraft on site, while Bathinda Airport functions with four flights, while flights to Saharan have been canceled even though there are four aircraft present.

At Bikaner Nal Airport near Rahimyar Khan, between two to four flights operate daily. Meanwhile, a Lockheed Martin C-130 J-30 Hercules aircraft from the Indian Air Force has been stationed there for the last four days.

Kishangarh Airport manages 10 domestic flights daily, and has now had 6 Piper Archer aircraft parked for three days. Jaisalmer Airport, near Sukkur and Mirpurkhas, currently has no aircraft available.

Maharaja Agrasin Airport in Hisar operates four daily flights, but there are no planes. Bathinda Airport’s four daily flights have also been canceled, although a Flybig Air plane has been stationed there for four days. Kandhla Airport sees two daily flights, but the SpiceJet aircraft has been relocated to Goa.

There are two daily flights from Mumbai to Jamnagar Airport in Gujarat, but currently, no flights operate. Keshod Airport has also seen four flights canceled, with no aircraft available at either Purbandar or Rajkot airports.