This revelation follows the warning issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to companies flying over these regions, whilst Russian Federation conducts military invention in Syria against rebel positions.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency highlighted the launch of Russian missiles from warships under which flight routes “are used by commercial transport aeroplanes”.
Air France said Monday that it “has temporarily applied special rules with regard to overflying Iran and the Caspian Sea”.
Lufthansa has made no changes to flight paths across the region, and sees no need to do so now given the available information, said Thomas Jachnow, a spokesman for the German carrier.
Brussels Airlines will not fly over the territories of Iraq, Iran and the Caspian Sea, disclosed its spokeswoman Kim Daenen.
The European Union agency made no specific recommendations in its Friday warning.
A few targets in Syria could be hit by other means so, according to United States officials, as quoted by Defense news, the launching of Kalibr-class cruise missiles was intended to make it clear to the world that Russian Federation has this technology and that the country can deploy it. Fighting in Iraq has previously triggered such notices and led to restrictions on operating in a few Iraqi airspace. All 298 people onboard the Boeing Co.
MH17 was flying at 33,000 feet when it was shot down over the Ukraine. A final report from Dutch investigators is set to be released Tuesday. Still, the incident has prompted air-safety authorities to improve the sharing of information about potential dangers to flights operating near battlefields.
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Russian Federation launched a volley of 26 cruise missiles from four different warships in the south-western Caspian on October 7.
