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SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday (Jan 8) it was diverting all flight routes from Iranian airspace.
The move comes after Iran said it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for a US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
“All SIA flight routes are being diverted from the Iranian airspace,” the airline said in an e-mail, without giving a reason for the diversion.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was closely monitoring events in the Middle East and coordinating with US airlines and foreign authorities about aviation safety after Iran’s attack.
Teheran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel, the US military said.
Several airlines had flights over parts of Iraq and Iran at the time according to FlightRadar24 data.
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