Do commercial airlines fly over Iraq?

The US FAA recently amended their long standing Notam prohibiting US Operators from entering the ORBB/Baghdad FIR. The KICZ Notam A0036/21 used to bar flights at all levels, but now US operators are allowed to overfly Iraq provided they remain at or above FL320, as per the SFAR.



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He said Iraqi airspace has since been crowded with British Airways being the latest to use it. Other notable airlines include Air France, Air Canada, Royal Dutch Airlines, and Swiss Airlines among others, he added.

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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!

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Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran are making it even tougher for airlines to fly over the Middle East, a heavily trafficked region where huge chunks of airspace are already off limits because of political rivalries or war.

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Risk Level: One - Do Not Fly There is a high risk to civil aircraft. Iraqi airspace (ORBB/Baghdad FIR) should be avoided entirely.

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The United States stated that the NFZs were intended to protect the ethnic Kurdish minority in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones.

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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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