{"id":3808,"date":"2025-06-22T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T04:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2025-06-22T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:47:04","slug":"airlines-reroute-flights-to-avoid-middle-east-airspace-after-us-strikes-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/22\/airlines-reroute-flights-to-avoid-middle-east-airspace-after-us-strikes-on-iran","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Reroute Flights to Avoid Middle East Airspace After US Strikes on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RIYADH: Flight activity across the Middle East remained disrupted on Sunday as commercial airlines continued avoiding the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Israel following US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to FlightRadar24, a flight tracking website, carriers have diverted routes either north via the Caspian Sea or south through Egypt and Saudi Arabia. These detours are resulting in higher fuel costs, longer flight times, and increased pressure on crews. \u201cCommercial traffic in the region is operating as it has since new airspace restrictions were put into place last week,\u201d the platform posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>The airspace avoidance follows missile exchanges and rising regional tension after the US directly targeted Iran\u2019s nuclear sites, deepening concerns about air safety. Since Israel initiated its strikes on Iran on June 13, many airlines have suspended routes to affected countries. Some limited evacuation operations from neighboring nations have continued.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s largest carriers, El Al and Arkia, announced the suspension of all ongoing rescue flights. El Al also extended the cancelation of its scheduled operations until June 27. Israel\u2019s airports authority confirmed that the country\u2019s airspace remains closed to all flights, though land crossings with Jordan and Egypt are still open.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s foreign ministry reported the evacuation of 21 individuals\u2014including 16 Japanese citizens\u2014from Iran to Azerbaijan. This marks the second such operation since Thursday, with more planned if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, New Zealand announced that it is dispatching a C-130J Hercules transport aircraft and government personnel to the region, placing them on standby for potential evacuations. The aircraft is expected to take several days to reach the Middle East. The government is also exploring options with commercial airlines for further support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: Flight activity across the Middle East remained disrupted on Sunday as commercial airlines continued avoiding the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Israel following US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. According to FlightRadar24, a flight tracking website, carriers have diverted routes either north via the Caspian Sea or south through Egypt and Saudi Arabia. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1880,1879,1881,326,245,1877,1878,313],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-airline","tag-commercial","tag-disruption","tag-flight","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-rerouting","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3810,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}