Skift Take
Iran may have reopened its airspace following Israel's retaliatory attack, but will carriers risk flying over the two countries?
Airlines flying over Iranian airspace promptly rerouted to different airports or returned to their original departure locations early Friday morning following Israel's retaliatory attack on Iran.
Flights in and out of Tehran, Isfahan, and Shiraz airports in western Iran were also briefly suspended after the country closed a portion of its airspace following the attack.
However, according to a Reuters report, by 4:45 GMT Iran had lifted the restrictions around its airports and airspace. Closure notices posted on a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration database had also been taken down, the report said.
Restrictions imposed on the operation of a number of Iranian airports on Friday morning have been lifted, Iran's official news agency IRNA quoted the spokesman of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization as saying.
Flydubai in an earlier statement had said it has cancelled its flights to Iran and turned back flight FZ 1929 due to the closu