India asks airlines to exercise caution
New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, India has asked its airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Iranian air space and avoid it to the extent possible.
Indian airlines, however, have not yet decided to stop flying over the Indian airspace. “We have been asked to exercise caution and we have noted that. But flying over the Iranian airspace will continue and no route change is being planned for now,” said an Air India executive, who did not want to be identified.
Almost all flights flying to west of India to destinations in Europe and the US use the Iranian airspace and national carrier Air India is the largest number of flights to the west among Indian carriers.
