March 20, 2026
DGCA Warns Airlines: Avoid 9 West Asia Airspaces Amid Tensions
India’s West Asia airspace travel alert, issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the third week of March 2026, has placed nine volatile airspace jurisdictions off-limits for Indian commercial operators representing the most sweeping official aviation advisory from India’s civil aviation regulator in recent years. The DGCA advisory, framed as a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), instructs Air India, IndiGo, Air India Express, Akasa Air, and all other DGCA-licensed carriers to avoid flight paths over or through the designated restricted zones until the regulator issues a formal clearance based on assessments from ICAO, Eurocontrol, and India’s own intelligence


















