Asian airlines re-route, cancel flights due to India-Pakistan fighting


Passengers waiting at Jinnah International airport after all domestic and international flights were cancelled in Karachi on May 7, 2025. - AFP

TAIPEI: Several Asian airlines said on Wednesday (May 7) they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe because of fighting between India and Pakistan.

India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.

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