The Pakistan Airspace Closure this morning has thrown traffic off guard across the board for a lot of airlines which operate across the Asia Pacific region. Here is an update of all the flights that I could track all of today which have been impacted. Expect longer flights for the next few days as this situation develops further.

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines has reported that the following flights will now take a fuel stop:

1. SQ308 operating from Singapore to London on 27 February 2019 diverted to Dubai International Airport (DXB) for re-fuelling before proceeding to London.
2. SQ318 operating from Singapore to London on 27 February 2019 diverted to Mumbai (BOM) for re-fuelling before proceeding to London.
3. SQ326 operating from Singapore to Frankfurt on 27 February diverted to Mumbai (BOM) for re-fuelling before proceeding to Frankfurt and will continue to Frankfurt provided it is able to arrive in Frankfurt before the airport’s curfew.
4. SQ325 operating from Frankfurt to Singapore on 27 February is cancelled and passengers will be transferred to other airlines.

China Southern

1. CZ6037 operating from Guangzhou to Lahore on 27 February diverted to Delhi (DEL).

Aeroflot

1. SU271 operating from Bangkok to Moscow on 27 February diverted to Dubai World Central (DWC) for refuelling.

Finnair

1. AY122 operating from Delhi to Helsinki on 27 February diverted to Dubai World Central (DWC) for refuelling.
2. AY142 operating from Bangkok to Helsinki on 27 February diverted to Dubai World Central (DWC) for refuelling.

Air India

1. AI126 operating Chicago to Delhi on 27 February diverted to Dubai World Central (DWC) for refuelling.
2. AI102 operating from New York JFK to Delhi on 27 February diverted to Dubai World Central (DWC) for refuelling.
3. AI184 operating from San Francisco to Delhi on 27 February will be diverted to Sharjah (SHJ) for refuelling.

United

1. UA82 operating New York EWR to Delhi on 27 February diverted to London (LHR) for refuelling.
2. UA48 operating New York EWR to Mumbai on 27 February diverted to Frankfurt (FRA) for refuelling.

British Airways

1. BA10 is operating Bangkok to London Heathrow on 27 February diverting to Bucharest for refuelling.

Air France

1. AF253 is operating Saigon to Paris CDG on 27 February diverting to Bucharest for refuelling.
2. AF165 is operating Bangkok to Paris CDG on 27 February diverting to Bucharest for refuelling.

KLM

1. KL876 is operating Bangkok to Amsterdam on 27 February diverting to Bucharest for refuelling.

Air Canada

1. AC42 operating Toronto to Delhi on 27 February turned back after operating the flight for 6.5 hours on its way returning to Toronto.
2. Air Canada’s flight from Vancouver to Delhi was cancelled.

Air Canada seems to have temporarily suspended flying to India in the wake of these events, “till it is safe to do so”

Emirates

1. EK516 operating Dubai to Delhi on 27 February diverted to Ahmedabad for refuelling, but eventually found its way to Delhi.

Thai Airways

Due to Pakistan airspace closure, all flights from Bangkok to Europe departing near midnight of 27 February through early 28 February have been cancelled. Also, the other flight cancellations are as follows:

• TG931/27Feb Paris-Bangkok
• TG911/27Feb London-Bangkok
• TG921/27Feb Frankfurt-Bangkok
• TG941/27Feb Milan-Bangkok
• TG945/27Feb Rome-Bangkok
• TG971/27Feb Zurich-Bangkok
• TG955/27Feb Oslo-Bangkok
• TG961/27Feb Stockholm-Bangkok
• TG925/27Feb Munich-Bangkok
• TG951/27Feb Copenhagen-Bangkok
• TG341/TG342/27Feb Bangkok-Karachi v.v.
• TG345/TG346/27Feb Bangkok-Lahore v.v.
• TG349/TG350/27Feb Bangkok-Islamabad v.v.

Those are some of the flights I could capture at the moment. I am sure there are other flights, and if you know about one, do drop in the comments section.

The impact of this move is that a lot of flights will have to take a longer routing now if they are originating in Northern India or were supposed to earlier overfly over Pakistan. So be prepared for longer paths over the coming days.