Pakistan bars Taiwanese airlines from its airspace in line with One-China policy: report

Pakistan has barred Taiwanese airlines from using its airspace in support of Beijing’s One-China policy , becoming the first country to take such a step, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. “The aviation division follows the One China policy — only mainland China is allowed,” Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Bloomberg News . “We have permitted only Chinese airlines to fly over Pakistan,” he said. Taiwanese carriers began rerouting flights over the weekend, with China Airlines Ltd and Eva Airways Corp no longer flying over Pakistan since the morning of Oct 25, according to flight-tracking data…