Business Desk 
Dec 17, 2025
An Air India Airbus A350 aeroplane is displayed at Wings India 2024 aviation at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, India, January 18, 2024. — Reuters
The prohibition against Indian aircraft passing through Pakistan airspace has been extended for an additional month, until January 27, 2026.
All Indian-owned, operated, and leased aircraft, including military flights, are subject to restrictions, according to a Notice to Airmen (Notam) released by the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) on Wednesday.
This decision maintains a restriction that has been in place for the previous eight months following India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty due to increased bilateral tensions.
Earlier, on April 30, India responded by barring Pakistan's airlines from using its airspace. With the most recent extension, Pakistan has closed its airspace to Indian aircraft for a total of 210 days.
Indian airlines have been severely impacted financially by the ban; Air India estimates that it has lost about $455 million in potential yearly profit.
Growing hostilities between Pakistan and India, particularly after the Pahalgam incident in Jammu and Kashmir and Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, a retaliatory military operation carried out by Pakistan’s armed forces against Indian military targets, led to the airspace shutdown.
