The prevailing security situation led over 6,200 passengers to fly out of the Srinagar International Airport on Saturday.
The Jammu and Kashmir government asked the Amarnath pilgrims and tourists on Friday to immediately make necessary arrangements to cut short their stay in the Valley in the wake of intelligence inputs of "specific terror threats" to the pilgrimage. (PTI photo)
According to Airports Authority of India, 6,216 passengers reported at Srinagar International Airport on Saturday to travel out of the Kashmir Valley.
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“Out of this, 5,829 passengers travelled by 32 scheduled airlines. Remaining 387 passengers were accommodated in four IAF aircraft and flown to various destinations like Jammu, Pathankot and Hindon,” AAI said in a statement.
“All the possible support has been extended at the Srinagar airport by ensuring safety and security of the passengers. All passengers were flown out of the valley in a planned and systematic manner.”
The development comes a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government issued a security advisory for tourists and pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra to curtail their pilgrimage.
In an advisory, the state government on Friday said: “Keeping in view the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra, and given the prevailing security situation in the Kashmir Valley, in the interest of safety and security of the tourists and Amarnath Yatris, it is advised that they may curtail their stay in the Valley immediately and take necessary measures to return as soon as possible.”
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