SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot have resumed flights over Iranian airspace, more than two months after announcing that they would be avoiding the area
A Singapore Airlines plane is parked beside Scoot aircraft on the tarmac at Singapore's Changi Airport on Mar 15, 2021. SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines and Scoot have resumed flights over Iran ian airspace, more than two months after announcing that they would be
"The SIA Group regularly reviews and determines the flight paths taken by its aircraft based on multiple factors," said an SIA spokesperson. SIA said on Apr 14 that it would skip Iranian air space and use alternative flight paths, adding that it was closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East.
To avoid the air space, flights took a circuitous northerly route that passes over Central Asia, the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, leading to longer flight times.
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