WITH the cancellation of several international flights, travellers to and from Pakistan have been plunged into a state of uncertainty. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, no move has been made on its part to cancel the flights. The CAA maintains that passengers were inconvenienced because international carriers first overbooked flights and later had to cancel them because of the restrictions imposed by the National Command Operation Centre. One carrier confirmed that some of its flights had been cancelled to comply with the NCOC’s restrictions. In May, the NCOC had announced a reduction in international travel from May 5 to May 20, allowing just 20pc of inbound air traffic from all over the world. The NCOC restriction was later extended till July 15. It appears that international carriers had released schedules and allowed passengers to book their tickets in the hope that Pakistan would ease restrictions and increase flight operations, but were forced to cancel when, instead, the restrictions were extended.