SINGAPORE: A number of Asian carriers, together with Singapore Airways (SIA), have stopped flying over Iranian airspace as fears develop over an escalation in tensions in the Middle East.
In response to CNA’s queries, SIA stated its flights, in addition to these by Scoot, its low-cost unit, have stopped flying over Iranian airspace and began utilizing different routes.
This got here into impact on Friday (Aug 2) at 1.30am.
“All SIA flights working between Singapore and Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, New York (JFK), New York (Newark), Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, and Zurich, in addition to all Scoot flights working between Singapore and Athens, are affected,” stated SIA.
No flights have been cancelled, it added.
The rerouting might end in “barely longer than ordinary” journey instances for some flights, stated the provider.
“SIA shall be aiding affected clients to re-accommodate them on different flights, ought to there be a misconnection on account of an prolonged flight time.”
“We’ll proceed to carefully monitor the scenario within the Center East, and regulate our flight paths as wanted.”
SIA solely resumed flying over Iranian airspace on Jun 27, having beforehand stopped doing so for greater than two months as a “precautionary measure”.
SIA’s earlier determination to bypass Iran got here after Iran vowed retaliation over a presumed Israeli air strike on Apr 1.