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Australia’s Qantas to Continue Flying Over Iraq


Sydney. Australian airline Qantas said Tuesday it would continue flying over Iraqi airspace, despite alliance partner Emirates deciding to alter its routes over concerns about jihadist missile attacks following the MH17 crash.
Qantas said while it no longer flew over Syria or Ukraine over fears their airspace could be “unsafe,” “there is no information to suggest that there is risk to commercial aircraft passing over Iraq, particularly at the altitudes we fly”.
“Qantas is one of many airlines that currently flies over parts of Iraq en route to Europe,” the airline’s chief pilot Dick Tobiano said in a statement.
The carrier said its …read more

Source: The Jakarta Globe

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