Following air strikes in Iran, Air France is changing flight paths to Middle East and Asian desitiations.

In the past few days, the flight #AF662 to Dubai flew thru Egypt, Saudi Arabia wiht a flight duration of 6 hours and 20 minutes.

Yesterday Sunday, October 27 2024, the new flight path added 3 hours. The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GZND) flew more North, over the Black Sea, then Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan then turned over Pakistan to finally reach Dubai.

Air France flights to India also now taking the North Route adding 1 hour to the usual route for flight #AF218 from Paris to Mumbai for exemple.

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Air France flight #AF662 was cruising at 35,000 ft over Iraq using specific corridor when the Iranian attack began at around 16:45 UTC.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GSQU) left the country’s airspace shortly before 17:00 UTC.

According to French media, Air France pilots saw missiles above the plane from the cockpit.

Without waiting for instructions from the Iraqi authorities, Air France has decided to suspend flights over the country’s airspace by its aircraft as of 17:00 universal time (19:00 CEST).

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However flight #AF218, connecting Paris CDG to Mumbai (India) turned around to land at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

Flight #AF257, connecting Singapore to Paris-CDG landed at Delhi (India) in order to refuel, as avoiding the region meant that the journey time would be longer.

“Iraqi airspace was not officially closed by local authorities until 17:56 UTC.

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However, commercial flights in Iran appear to have received no ATC warning about ballistic missile launches.

A company spokesperson told AFP that “an internal investigation has been opened into this event.”

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