NSTworld: The FAA said it issued the airspace ban “due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the Middle East,
Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S.-led coalition personnel, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Before the latest guidance, the FAA had already prohibited U.S. carriers from flying below 26,000 feet over Iraq and from flying over an area of Iranian airspace above the Gulf and Gulf of Oman since Iran shot down a high-altitude U.S. drone last June. Transport Canada said it was in close contact with the FAA about the situation in the Middle East and that Air Canada was altering its routes.
OPSGROUP, which advises airlines on security threats, said the new U.S. airspace bans were “significant“, particularly given that the entire overwater airspace in the region is now unavailable. Airlines and the United Nations’ aviation agency have started to monitor strategic airspace over Iran and Iraq. With some commercial carriers still serving those countries and others flying over their airspace, the International Air Transport Association also issued a statement reminding countries of their obligation to communicate potential risks to civil aviation.
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