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Factbox-Airlines Reroute, Cancel Flights as Tensions Ramp up over Iran
Major airlines including Air France, KLM, and British Airways are suspending or rerouting flights over Iranian and Iraqi airspace to ensure safety amid escalating US-Iran tensions.
- Jan 24 – Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling flights across the Middle East as tensions rise, with Air France and KLM pausing routes and KLM avoiding Iran, Iraq and Israel airspace.
- The European Union Aviation Safety Agency advised airlines on January 16 to avoid Iran’s airspace amid Tehran’s crackdown and U.S. threats, while the U.S. confirmed a naval deployment including Abraham Lincoln and a submarine with 150 Tomahawk missiles.
- Some carriers said they would bypass Iranian and Iraqi airspace and limit operations to daytime between Jan 14 and Jan 19, with stops in Larnaca or Thessaloniki.
- Transavia cancelled all flights to Dubai and suspended Persian Gulf operations as a temporary precaution until Monday, January 26, while a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon from Awali, Bahrain, became the most-tracked flight globally on January 24.
- The pattern of suspensions now spans European and North American airlines as Germany’s Lufthansa Group extended its Tehran suspension until March 29 and United Airlines, Air Canada, and British Airways cancelled key Middle East flights.
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Trump's statements about sending an "armada" and Iranian warnings raise geopolitical risk. Airlines such as KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, and Finnair are altering routes for security reasons.
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Airline Routes Redrawn Amid Middle East Tensions
Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have caused airlines to reroute or cancel flights over the Middle East. After recent events, carriers like KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, Finnair, and Wizz Air have altered their routes to avoid Iranian, Iraqi, and other volatile airspaces for safety.
·India
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Several airlines have canceled their Middle East flights. Finnair's flights to Dubai and Doha are operating as normal.
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