India, Feb. 20 -- Bangladesh has banned aviation giant SpiceJet from flying in its airspace as the budget carrier is yet to clear its pending dues. Consequently, with Dhaka's airspace no longer available for the airline, as a result, some of the airline's flights from Kolkata, including those to Guwahati, are now taking longer routes. Sources indicated that the restriction imposed by Bangladesh is linked to non-payment of dues,

although the exact nature of the outstanding amount could not be immediately confirmed. According to flight tracking data from Flightradar24.com on Thursday, SpiceJet flights operating between Kolkata and the northeastern cities of Guwahati and Imphal were avoiding Bangladesh airspace and instead taking longer rou...