Several flights across India have also been disrupted as at least 27 airports in the north and west, close to the Pakistan border, were closed to commercial aircraft. Air India has cancelled flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot until at least Saturday, 10 May.

Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or cancelled flights and about a dozen Indian airports were shut on Wednesday after India struck nine sites in Pakistan, raising fears of an escalation.