Closing airspace for political reasons completely unacceptable: IATA chief

Geneva, Dec 9: Global airlines’ grouping IATA’s chief Willie Walsh on Tuesday said airspace being closed for political reasons is completely unacceptable and airspace should be open to all carriers.

Walsh’s comments to a query regarding closure of India and Pakistan closing their airspace for each other’s flights.

To a query from PTI, Walsh said that in relation to airspace closures, “We are seeing airspace being closed for political reasons, and clearly that is unacceptable to us”.