Amritsar airport closed as tension grows on border

AMRITSAR: In the wake of cross-border firing at the LOC in the wee hours of Wednesday, the

Amritsar airport

has been closed for security reasons. Four other airports - Leh, Jammu, Srinagar and Chandigarh - have also been shut.


The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the emergency in the specific airspace region.



AP Acharya, Amritsar airport director told ANI, "Due to operational reasons the airspace at Amritsar has been closed for now. No commercial flights are coming to Amritsar, there is no base here, so flights are not even taking off from here."