United Airlines suspends Newark-Mumbai flights in light of recent event in Iran
The United Airlines has suspended its flights between New Jersey’s Newark Airport and Mumbai following a safety review, a day after Iran shot down a US military drone flying over the Gulf of Oman.
“Given current events in Iran, United has conducted a thorough safety and security review of our Indian service through Iranian airspace and decided to suspend our service between New York/Newark and India (Mumbai) beginning this evening,” read the company’s statement.
Flight UA48 from Newark to Mumbai has been cancelled, while the customers flying onboard flight UA9239 from Mumbai to Neward will be rebooked on the alternate flights to the US, the airlines said.
