Monitoring Desk
DUBAI: Airlines are
facing higher fuel bills as they reroute flights to avoid airspace over Iran
and Iraq due to recent heightened tension between Washington and Tehran, adding
further financial pressure to an industry already contending with the prolonged
grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets.
Germany’s Lufthansa AG,
Air France-KLM, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have redirected
flights from airspace in the region after Iranian forces fired missiles at
military bases housing US troops in Iraq. A Ukraine jetliner also crashed in
Tehran, although the cause is not yet known.
“Avoiding Iraqi/Iranian
air space is a double headache for airlines,” independent aviation consultant
John Strickland said by email, noting …read more
Source:: The Frontier Post
