US carrier suspends Mumbai-Newark flight
The American carrier United has suspended its Mumbai-Newark flight in view of tension between US and Iran.
New Delhi: In view of security situation building up over the Persian Gulf due to geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, all Indian flight operators have decided to avoid the affected part of Iranian airspace for the time being and re-route their flight.
Following the FAA NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), all major airlines around the world have started skirting the Iranian airspace and re-routing their aircraft to avoid danger.
FAA had on Friday issued a NOTAM prohibiting US-registered aircraft from operating “in the overwater area of the Tehran Flight Information Region above the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman until further notice, “due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region which present an inadvertent risk to US civil aviation and potential for miscalculation or misidentification.”
The FAA further said that the risk to US civil aviation is demonstrated by the Iranian surface-to-air missile shoot down of a US unmanned aircraft system.
The FAA NOTAM is going to impact US-India air connectivity which is already under duress due to closure of Pakistan airspace following the air strike by India in Balakot.
The American carrier United has suspended its Mumbai-Newark flight in view of tension between US and Iran. United had earlier suspended its Delhi-Newark flight till July due to closure of Pakistan airspace.