Pakistan has fully reopened its airspace to all civilian and military flights following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with India, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) announced on Saturday.
“Pakistan’s airspace has been fully reopened for all types of flights,” the PAA said in an official statement, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that both India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” amid soaring regional tensions.
The move marks a significant step toward de-escalation after days of intense cross-border violence, including fighter jet engagements, missile strikes, drone incursions, and artillery shelling between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Airspace restrictions had been imposed earlier in the week as hostilities surged along the Line of Control (LoC).
Trump’s surprise announcement, shared on Truth Social, followed a night of emergency negotiations mediated by the United States, involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President J.D. Vance, and the leadership of both India and Pakistan.
The airspace reopening is seen as a tangible sign of progress in defusing what had become one of the most volatile standoffs in recent South Asian history. However, analysts caution that lasting peace will depend on sustained diplomatic engagement and meaningful dialogue over long-standing issues like Kashmir.
