Thailand’s national carrier made the decision in response to Pakistan closing its airspace after it claimed two Indian military jets were shot down while crossing the border dividing Kashmir.

The airline said it was waiting for permission to use other routes to fly into Europe that don’t cross Pakistan’s airspace.

All its Europe-bound flights were suspended, and one flight that had already taken off earlier in the day had to turn back.

Pakistani Kashmiris in the border town of Chakoti walk past India-bound cargo trucks that are parked as the road to India is closed

Indian soldiers and Kashmiri villagers look on at the smouldering wreckage of an Indian fighter jet after it was shot down by the Pakistani military

Indian soldiers and Kashmiri villagers look on at the smouldering wreckage of an Indian fighter jet after it was shot down by the Pakistani military

An Indian soldier gestures near the wreckage of an Indian Air Force fighter jet that was shot down by the Pakistani military

Indian soldiers and Kashmiri onlookers stand look on as an Indian army helicopter lands near the site where an Indian Air Force jet was shot down by the Pakistani military

Kashmiri villagers look on at the smouldering wreckage of an Indian fighter jet after it was shot down by the Pakistani military

Backpacker Nicolle Paisley, who was on the flight which had to return, told the Daily Mail passengers were in the dark about when their flights would be rescheduled and said they’d been given no food or drink while they wait.