The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced on Tuesday (14/7) that airlines should not operate flights within the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, or over the waters of the Gulf of Oman, due to unpredictable military developments in the Middle East.
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According to EASA’s advisory committee, “unpredictable military developments, combined with the potential use of missiles, unmanned aircraft, fighter jets, and air defense systems, pose a high risk to civilian flights at all altitudes and flight levels within the affected airspace.”
It is worth noting that the Agency advised airlines last week to avoid operating within the airspace of Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon.
