As Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Washington where he will address the UN General Assembly and attend the Quad Summit, Pakistan gave its nod o use its airspace, a top government source told news agency ANI.
A high-level delegation including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and top government officials are accompanying PM Modi to the US.
This comes after India permitted Pakistan PM Imran Khan's flight to use India's airspace when he was travelling to Sri Lanka.
This comes as a departure from the previous occasions when Pakistan denied the permission of President Ram Nath Kovind and PM Modi at least thrice following India's abrogation of Article 370.
Islamabad also denied permission when PM Modi was visiting the US and Germany and President Kovind was visiting Iceland.