Several Asian airlines have announced that they will re-arrange or cancel flights to and from India and Pakistan as the two neighbors have exchanged the deadliest fires over the past two decades.
Navigation data show that airspace in northern India and southern Pakistan has been completely cleared. Pakistan's entire airspace has few civilian planes, and several flights are prohibited.
Al Jazeera's Verification Agency Sanad monitors Indian military aircraft flying in northern India and Pakistani government aircraft in the south of the country through air navigation tracking locations. This happened several hours before the airspace was completely cleared, coincided with several flights, transferring it from Pakistan.
As of Wednesday morning, 52 flights to and from Pakistan were cancelled, according to data from Flighttradar24, which monitors flights around the world.
A Pakistan Army spokesman said there were 57 international flights in Pakistan's airspace during the Indian attack.
At Karachi Airport, only two international flights were reported after an eight-hour suspension due to rising tensions.
Other domestic flights in both countries were also disrupted.
Air India canceled flights to and from Chamu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot.
India's flagship airline said it will suspend flights at least May 10.
India has also closed several airports in its northern region. In addition, other airlines Indigo, Spicejet and Akasa Air cancelled flights to 10 cities near the border with Pakistan in northern and northwest India.
The ever-changing aviation schedule will further complicate operations in the Middle East and South Asia, which operators are already struggling to cope with the consequences of conflict in the two regions.
International carriers are affected
Malaysia's flagship airline Malaysia Airlines has cancelled flights to Amritsar, India and rerouted two long-haul flights after Pakistan Airlines closed, according to the Malaysian local export star.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's Batik Air said it had cancelled several flights to and from Lahore, Pakistan and Amritsar, India.
A spokesman for KLM said it did not fly over Pakistan until further notice. Singapore Airlines also announced that it has stopped flying over Pakistani airspace since May 6.
Taiwan's Eva Air said it will adjust flights to and from Europe to avoid the impact of the airspace in combat between India and Pakistan.
South Korea Airlines said it has started re-routing its Seoul Incheon-Dubai flight on Wednesday, choosing a southern route across Myanmar, Bangladesh and India, rather than the road that previously crossed Pakistan Airlines.
Thai Airlines said flights will retrace their European and South Asian destinations starting early Wednesday morning, while Vietnam Airlines said tensions between India and Pakistan affected its flight plans.
Taiwan China Airlines said flights at destinations including London, Frankfurt and Rome were interrupted, some were cancelled, and some had to conduct technical stops in Bangkok and Prague to refuel and change crew before taking longer flight paths.
You can also see some flights from India to Europe taking longer routes.
According to Flightradar24, Lufthansa's flight from Delhi to Frankfurt is turning right toward the Arabian Sea near the western Indian city of Surat, with a longer pace than Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Airlines said its flights were unaffected, and their four weekly flights to Pakistan Lahore and Karachi have not changed.
