Air France and Austrian Airlines have joined German airline Lufthansa in canceling flights to Iran and are diverting flight paths around the Islamic Republic amid the heightened threat of military strikes.
Notably, Iran is vowing certain response to the Damascus, Syria, strikes that killed two Iran ian military generals. The Iran ian Revolutionary Guard Corps drew international scorn for mistakenly downing the departing Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 headed for Kyiv in Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board.
"Air France and Austria Airlines have both decided to follow the lead of Lufthansa in canceling all flight to and from the Iranian Capital of Tehran until further notice, due to possible conflict between Iran and Israel; the Airlines will also no longer utilize Iranian airspace for other flights around the world," the Open Source Intelligence Monitor posted on X early Saturday morning.
Austria had continued flying for longer than its German parent Lufthansa since Vienna's closer proximity to Tehran meant it could more easily abort flights or be forced to leave staff in Tehran overnight."Routes that pass through Iranian air space will also be modified," Austrian Airlines said in a statement. "The safety of our passengers and crews have highest priority."
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