{"id":61146,"date":"2025-05-09T10:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=61146"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:34:38","slug":"138-flights-cancelled-at-delhi-airport-amid-india-pakistan-tensions-security-tightened-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/138-flights-cancelled-at-delhi-airport-amid-india-pakistan-tensions-security-tightened-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"138 Flights Cancelled at Delhi Airport Amid India-Pakistan Tensions; Security Tightened Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"356\">As many as <strong data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"183\">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<p class=\"\" data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"780\">In response to the situation, <strong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"473\">security measures have been significantly enhanced at airports across the country<\/strong>. Around <strong data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"497\">27 airports<\/strong> in different parts of India have been closed following <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"574\">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<p class=\"\" data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"975\">The flight disruptions included <strong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"920\">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<p class=\"\" data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1275\">Despite the cancellations, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which operates IGIA, said airport operations remain normal.<br data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1106\" \/>\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<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1431\">DIAL also advised passengers to <strong data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1349\">allow extra time for security checks<\/strong> and to <strong data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1402\">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":1,"featured_media":61147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61146","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61148,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61146\/revisions\/61148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}