Aviation security experts said the measure would now be necessary with the suspicious Wednesday’s Boeing plane crash in Iran. These countries would come out with security directives for their airports, their airlines and to countries into which their airlines operate. At least 500 commercial flights travel through Iranian and Iraqi airspaces daily, Dubai-based aviation consult, Mark Martin, said. Airlines have taken more steps to avoid flying over conflict zones since 2014, when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed by a missile fired from Ukraine, killing 298 people. Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Malaysia Airlines, Air Canada and Taiwan’s China Airlines were also among carriers that re-routed flights.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2020 04:30 UTC