Sandip Sikdar was meant to fly from India 's capital, New Delhi, to Munich in Germany with a layover in Sharjah. He had planned his holiday months in advance. But then, just days before he was set to depart, the US-Israeli war with Iran  broke out, upending his plans. Sikdar had to rebook both legs of his journey, even as some prices for one of the legs had risen almost fivefold. "It has been quite an ordeal," he said. Sikdar is just one of millions of passengers in India whose travel plans have been affected by soaring prices or cancellations due to airspace closures amid the war. Rising prices and closed airspaces have dented India's aviation boom [FILE: March 2026] Image: Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times/Sipa USA/picture alliance India's aviation sector had been one of the fastest-growing in the world before the conflict. Now, the ongoing geopolitical crisis is reshaping flight paths and the economics of air travel for Indian carriers.…