Airlines Avoid Iranian Airspace After FAA Persian Gulf Flight Ban

Credit: Hegesippe Cormier
WASHINGTON—Passenger and cargo airlines around the world are re-routing their flights into and over the Middle East after FAA issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) banning U.S.-based civil aircraft from flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, citing “inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation...

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