{"id":1941,"date":"2025-05-09T10:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:36:20","slug":"138-flights-cancelled-at-delhi-airport-amid-india-pakistan-tensions-security-tightened-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1941","title":{"rendered":"138 Flights Cancelled at Delhi Airport Amid India-Pakistan Tensions; Security Tightened Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many as <strong>138 flights<\/strong> to and from Delhi\u2019s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were cancelled by various airlines on Friday, a source said, amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the situation, <strong>security measures have been significantly enhanced at airports across the country<\/strong>. Around <strong>27 airports<\/strong> in different parts of India have been closed following <strong>Operation Sindoor<\/strong>, under which Indian armed forces conducted strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, retaliating for the April Pahalgam terror attack that killed at least 26 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flight disruptions included <strong>66 domestic departures, 63 domestic arrivals, 5 international departures, and 4 international arrivals<\/strong> between 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, the source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the cancellations, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which operates IGIA, said airport operations remain normal.<br>\u201cHowever, due to evolving airspace conditions and heightened security measures, some flight schedules and security processing timings may be impacted,\u201d DIAL posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIAL also advised passengers to <strong>allow extra time for security checks<\/strong> and to <strong>cooperate with airline and security staff<\/strong> to ensure smooth processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many as 138 flights to and from Delhi\u2019s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were cancelled by various airlines on Friday, a source said, amid rising&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1943,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions\/1943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}