NEW DELHI: All the 32 airports in north, west and central India closed since May 7 for commercial operations reopened at 10.30 am Monday following the India-Pakistan ceasefire. Accordingly, airlines started resuming operations to their network stations in these 32 places from Monday itself and expect to restore all the suspended 350-400 daily flights in the next few days. Clearing the backlog of stranded passengers will take a few days and airlines including IndiGo have said they will extra flights to do that.
Among the 32 airports temporarily initially closed for civil flight operations till 5.29 am on May 15 and now reopened after the ceasefire are: Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Bikaner, Hindon, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kishangarh, Kullu Manali (Bhuntar), Ludhiana, Rajkot (Hirasar) and Shimla.
IndiGo 6E 2247 Delhi-Jammu became among the first of the resumed flights when it took off from IGIA at 6.34 pm Monday. "Flight operation was smoothly conducted at Jammu Airport (Monday)! IndiGo 6E 2247 landed from Delhi & return flight 6E 5642 departed for Delhi,”Jammu Airport said on X. IndiGo also resumed Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Amritsar on Monday. “Over the course of the next few days more flights will resume gradually across the network,” the airline said in a statement.
Air India said it will "progressively resume flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot starting Tuesday (May 13). Bookings for these sectors are now open."
Air India Express said it will start resuming operations to the previously closed airports on Tuesday (May 13) with Hindon-Bengaluru; Jammu–Delhi; Jammu–Srinagar and Srinagar–Delhi. Hindon-Mumbai is scheduled to resume from Wednesday and “reinstatement of other flights, including international services from Amritsar, is expected to follow from May 15,” the airline said, adding it will “gradually reinstate flight operations from previously closed airports, following the lifting of notice to airmen (NOTAMs) by the authorities.”
Air India said it “is working towards progressively commencing flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot.” Other airlines also said they will resume flights to the cities on their networks.
“Flight services to and from Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, have resumed as of 10:30 am on May 12, 2025. Passengers are advised to check with their respective airlines for updated schedules,” Chandigarh airport said on X.
Airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights since May 7. IndiGo has said it will operate extra flights to clear stranded passengers.
India had closed airports and some segments of air traffic service routes (designated highways of the sky) within the Delhi and Mumbai flight information regions (FIRs) to ensure civilian traffic remains out of harm’s way as Pakistan was targeting cities and civilians here. On the other hand, Pakistan did not do so and in fact had resorted to the cowardly tactic of using civilian planes in its airspace as shield.
Among the 32 airports temporarily initially closed for civil flight operations till 5.29 am on May 15 and now reopened after the ceasefire are: Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Bikaner, Hindon, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kishangarh, Kullu Manali (Bhuntar), Ludhiana, Rajkot (Hirasar) and Shimla.
IndiGo 6E 2247 Delhi-Jammu became among the first of the resumed flights when it took off from IGIA at 6.34 pm Monday. "Flight operation was smoothly conducted at Jammu Airport (Monday)! IndiGo 6E 2247 landed from Delhi & return flight 6E 5642 departed for Delhi,”Jammu Airport said on X. IndiGo also resumed Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Amritsar on Monday. “Over the course of the next few days more flights will resume gradually across the network,” the airline said in a statement.
Air India said it will "progressively resume flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot starting Tuesday (May 13). Bookings for these sectors are now open."
Air India Express said it will start resuming operations to the previously closed airports on Tuesday (May 13) with Hindon-Bengaluru; Jammu–Delhi; Jammu–Srinagar and Srinagar–Delhi. Hindon-Mumbai is scheduled to resume from Wednesday and “reinstatement of other flights, including international services from Amritsar, is expected to follow from May 15,” the airline said, adding it will “gradually reinstate flight operations from previously closed airports, following the lifting of notice to airmen (NOTAMs) by the authorities.”
Air India said it “is working towards progressively commencing flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot.” Other airlines also said they will resume flights to the cities on their networks.
“Flight services to and from Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, have resumed as of 10:30 am on May 12, 2025. Passengers are advised to check with their respective airlines for updated schedules,” Chandigarh airport said on X.
Airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights since May 7. IndiGo has said it will operate extra flights to clear stranded passengers.
India had closed airports and some segments of air traffic service routes (designated highways of the sky) within the Delhi and Mumbai flight information regions (FIRs) to ensure civilian traffic remains out of harm’s way as Pakistan was targeting cities and civilians here. On the other hand, Pakistan did not do so and in fact had resorted to the cowardly tactic of using civilian planes in its airspace as shield.
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