(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) Qatar Airway, Emirate and everal other Perian Gulf airline till fly in Iranian and Iraqi airpace and to citie in both countrie ince Iran and the United State traded military trike.
'Iranian airpace i important for all carrier in thi region,' aid Adil al-Ghaith, Emirate' enior vice preident, commercial operation, Perian Gulf, Middle Eat and Iran, Reuter reported.
Dubai-baed Emirate and iter carrier flyDubai together erve 10 citie in Iran and Iraq, and have continued to ue the airpace of both countrie for other flight.
Kuwait Airway and Abu Dhabi-baed Etihad Airway have alo continued uing Iranian and Iraqi airpace.
'We will continue to fly to Iran becaue Iran i an important country to u and it i our neighbor and we want to erve the people of Iran,' Qatar Airway Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker aid on the ideline of a Kuwait air how.
However, ome regional carrier have changed their route. Bahrain' Gulf Air ha redirected European flight away from Iraqi airpace and now flie longer, more fuel conuming route over Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
'We want to take the afet option even if it cot u a little bit more for a period of time. We can live with that,' Deputy Chief Executive Waleed Abdulhameed al-Alawi aid.
The UAE regulator told it carrier — Emirate, Etihad, flydubai and Air Arabia AIRA.DU — thi month to 'evaluate flight path rik' although it aid it wa up to the airline to make the final deciion on the route they choe.
(Source: Tanim, under Creative Common licence)
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