Multiple major airlines are avoiding flying over Pakistan as relations with neighbor India crater in the wake of a recent tourist massacre, the latest geopolitical flashpoint to disrupt global travel.

Indian Air Force will carry out major exercise over the desert sector and adjoining areas along the India-Pakistan with frontline aircraft like Rafale, Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi-30s

Many in the region are preparing for a possible military confrontation between India and Pakistan because of a terrorist attack two weeks ago.

Pakistan carried out a second missile test in three days on Monday and India said it ordered several states to conduct security drills, as fears mounted the neighbours could be heading to a confrontation over a deadly attack in Kashmir.

General, António Guterres has called for “maximum restraint” from India and Pakistan. While addressing newsmen at the Security Council in UN Headquarters in New York, he warned that escalating tensions over a recent deadly terror attack in Kashmir risked spiralling into military confrontation.