India, May 7 -- Air travel across northern and western India was severely disrupted on Wednesday after over 200 flights were cancelled and 18 airports temporarily shut down operations.

The disruption comes as Indian armed forces launched targeted missile strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) early this morning. The airstrikes, part of "Operation Sindoor", were in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

As a result of security and airspace restrictions, major airports including Srinagar, Leh, Jammu, Amritsar, Pathankot, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Shimla, Dharamshala and Jamnagar were closed for operations, reported news agency PTI.

IndiGo was the most affected airlin...