Pakistan has extended airspace restrictions until the end of May, a common flying authority said on Thursday, driving outside bearers to take expensive alternate routes since the nation's standoff with adversary India. 

Pakistan shut its airspace in February after a suicide aircraft from Pakistan-based activist gathering Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) assaulted an escort in Indian-controlled Kashmir. 

Following the assault, the two nations did elevated besieging missions on one another's dirt and their warplanes likewise battled a dogfight over Kashmir. 

Incomplete tasks at Pakistani airplane terminals continued after the emergency facilitated, yet outside transporters utilizing Indian airspace couldn't fly over Pakistan. The limitations primarily influenced flights from Europe to Southeast Asia. 

"The airspace will be confined until May 30 and after that we will reassess," Mustafa Baig, a representative for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told Reuters. 

He didn't give a purpose behind the expansion. 

Pakistan lies amidst an indispensable flying passage and the airspace limitations sway many business and payload flights every day, including flight time for travelers and fuel costs for aircrafts. (Announcing by Saad Sayeed; altering by Darren Schuettler)