Following the deaths of senior Hamas and Hezbollah members this week, airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon due to growing concerns about a potential conflict in the region.
Amidst the regional tensions, several flights also ceased operating over Iranian airspace. Singapore Airlines told Reuters in a statement that safety is its top priority and stopped operating through Iranian airspace early on Friday morning. The airline is now using alternate routes.
Flightradar24 data indicated that Taiwan’s EVA Air and China Airlines also seemed to be avoiding Iran airspace on Friday for flights to Amsterdam that had previously flown over Iran.
The airlines did not immediately answer a request for comment on the route changes. Since Iran and Israel’s reciprocal missile and drone attacks in April, many airlines, including US and European ones, have already avoided flying over Iran.
According to Flightradar24, instead of passing through Iran as it had done the day before, Singapore Airlines’ early Friday morning flight to London Heathrow passed through Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to the north of Iran.
On Friday, many airlines, including Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways, as well as UAE carriers Etihad, Emirates, and FlyDubai, continued to fly over Iran.
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