According to FlightRadar24, some Israel airlines were forced to divert south due to congestion in Istanbul and Antalya in southern Turkey.
Israel’s Airspace Is Closed To Aircraft Crews By Its Neighbours.
Israel’s neighbors shut down its airspace and airline crews avoided the worsening confrontation by finding other places to fly, as Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday.
Flights diverted “anywhere they could,” according to a representative for the tracking agency FlightRadar24. A picture of the regional traffic showed flights extending in broad arcs to the north and south, with many of them convergent on Cairo and Istanbul.
According to FlightRadar24, some airlines were being forced to reroute south due to congestion in Antalya and Istanbul in southern Turkey.
According to its data, on Tuesday, over 80 planes from airlines like Emirates, British Airways, Lufthansa, and Qatar Airways that were scheduled to land in major Middle Eastern hubs like Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi instead ended up in Cairo and other European destinations.
Additionally, a lot of airlines have stopped operating in the area or are staying out of the impacted airspace. Israel promised a “painful response” against its opponent, and Iran initiated the strikes in retribution for Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon being targeted by Israel.
Pilots Receive Warnings From Pan-European Air Traffic Control
Pilots had already received warnings from the pan-European air traffic control body, Eurocontrol, about the intensifying confrontation. “In the last few minutes, Israel has been the target of a major missile attack,” the urgent navigation alert stated.
“At present, the entire country is under a missile warning.” Not too long afterward, it declared the closing of airspace over Jordan and Iraq and of a vital entry point into Cyprus airspace.
Baghdad-controlled airspace was restricted till further notice, according to an Iraqi pilot advisory, citing security concerns.
Later, Iraq’s transport ministry allowed civilian aircraft to use its airports once more. “It will be a while before flights are active there again,” stated FlightRadar24 regarding X. According to the Jordanian official news agency, Jordan also reopened its airspace after closing it in response to an Iranian missile barrage directed towards Israel.
Tuesday’s two-hour air traffic shutdown in Lebanon will take place, according to Transport Minister Ali Hamie on X.
The most recent delays are predicted to deliver a further blow to a sector already suffering from restrictions brought on by the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas.
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