Hindu Kush route starts saving time, money on Air India nonstops between Delhi and the west

Since the closure of Afghan airspace for commercial flights in mid-August, Delhi-London's flying time had increased to almost 9.5 hours. Airlines are taking the longer route via south Pakistan (below Afghanistan) and then entering Iran-Turkey-beyond instead of the shorter Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan flight path earlier.

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