After the closure of Pakistan airspace for Indian carriers, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued a set of advisory guidelines to airlines to ensure effective passenger handling.
Following the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, Pakistan announced airspace restrictions for all Indian airlines. Several airlines, including SpiceJet, Air India, and IndiGo, have issued travel advisories for their passengers.
Retired Brigadier Inderjit Singh Chugh on Thursday said that Pakistan's retaliatory steps following India's actions were expected, but signify an escalation in bilateral tensions.
Pakistan has started to feel the heat after India announced a slew of measures against Pakistan over the horrific Pahalgam terror attack, which resulted in the deaths of 25 Indians and 1 Nepali citizen.
"We have received a bomb threat on an Indian Airlines flight that was bound for New Delhi from Kathmandu. Search operation deploying the Nepal Police and the Army is underway," Dambar Bahadur BK, Chief of Police at the airport confirmed ANI.
Nepal on Monday received a bomb hoax call on an Air India flight AI 216 that was set to return to New Delhi on Monday. It is the second hoax call that Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport had received within a week, officials confirmed.
In an official press statement, Indigo said, "In line with our strict safety protocols, all necessary precautions are being taken, and we are working closely with the relevant authorities."
Amid a surge in hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu expressed serious concern and said that the government is committed to take strict action against those responsible for these malicious acts.
The surge in bomb threats to Indian airlines shows no signs of slowing, on Friday more than 20 aircraft of various airlines received bomb threats this afternoon as per the Civil Aviation sources.
In the past week, Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats resulting in inconvenience to passengers and monetary loss to the airlines . Most of the threats were posted on accounts on X and the accounts were created by using a virtual private network (VPN) or dark web br
Two IndiGo flights operating from Hyderabad to Jodhpur and from Kolkata to Jaipur received bomb threats on Tuesday, prompting the airline to activate emergency protocols.