I AM a resident of Sukkur, which has a small airport with two or three flights daily. However, I have observed from the terrace of my house that every two minutes there is a flight crossing the Sukkur skies. How come? This is more than the entire air traffic at Karachi international airport.

Does Sukkur lie on the national air route? I feel that all flights from Karachi to Peshawar cross the skies above Sukkur. This causes noise pollution. I ask the authorities to change the air path so that all flights do not use Sukkur air space. Or is there some security breach?

Ayaz Ali
Sukkur

Published in Dawn, July 5th, 2016

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