Dhaka, May 8 -- India on Wednesday, (May 7), shut down approximately 25 aviation routes that allow flights to transit into Pakistan through Indian airspace. The move coincided with coordinated missile strikes by Indian armed forces targeting terror infrastructure inside Pakistan, according to official sources.

The airspace restrictions come amid escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. In response to the deteriorating security environment, several international airlines have begun rerouting flights to avoid Pakistani airspace.

On April 30. India shut its airspace for Pakistan airline as part of retaliatory measures in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that killed at least 26 people.

On April 24, Pak...