Air France, KLM, Emirates, Lufthansa Halt Flying Through Iran, Iraq Airspaces

A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace or flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq. “As a precautionary measure and following news of airstrikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace,” an Air France spokesman told AFP. Iran launched a series of missiles at the bases housing US troops in the early hours, officials in Washington and Tehran said. Iran’s supreme leader later called it a “slap in the face” after a US drone

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