Overflying Iran is a usual occurrence for several commercial airlines and air carriers. The US, however, does not permit its air services to enter Iranian skies. The political tension between the two nations makes the rules predictable.
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Is it safe to fly over the Middle East? Flying over most of the countries in the region is safe. But there's a higher risk for regular passenger airlines in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and a couple of neighboring areas.
Flying costs money and fuel. Airlines do their best to fly using the shortest possible route, to save money.., Iraq & Syria are dangerous places, but they don't have a history of shooting down or harassing, civil aviation, passenger planes. so, the Airlines Over fly them!
Etihad Airways has subsequently suspended operations through Iranian airspace over the Straits of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, and will use alternative flight paths on a number of routes to and from Abu Dhabi until further notice.