BEIRUT // One year after flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, airlines have begun taking the dangers of war more seriously, and skies over the troubled Middle East have changed dramatically.Now, maps of the region on air traffic tracking sites show the usual heavy stream of aircraft, but only a handful dare to traverse the airspace over Iraq and Syria: Iraqi Airways flights to Baghdad, a few Syrian Air jets heading out of regime-held Damascus and Latakia, and perhaps a Middle East Airlines Dubai to Beirut flight over Iraq’s dangerous Anbar province.
Airlines have always talked about their commitment …read more
Source: The National
