Why do airlines still fly over Iraq?

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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It is likely that the choice of route is made based on financial reasons. From looking at recent flights, Emirates seems to have a preference for flying over Iraq, but occasionally flies over Iran. The ATS overflight fees of Iraq are at $3751 (approx. $0.38 per km) considerably cheaper than those of Iran.

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Dubai's Emirates suspends flights to several U.S. destinations on 5G concerns. CAIRO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates (EMIRA. UL) airline announced on Tuesday that it will suspend flights to several destinations in the United States as of Jan. 19 until further notice because of concerns over 5G mobile deployment.

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Iraq - Level 4: Do Not Travel. Do not travel to Iraq due to terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, civil unrest, and Mission Iraq's limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens. Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed.

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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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Currently, the bragging rights for the longest flight in the world belong to Singapore Airlines' New York City to Singapore route. Its longest flight path, which connects Singapore's Changi Airport with New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, 9,585 miles away, takes 18 hours and 40 minutes.

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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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  • Delta Airlines. Major crashes in the last 50 years: 7. ...
  • American Airlines. Major crashes in the last 50 years: 14. ...
  • International: Qatar Airways. Major crashes in the last 50 years: 0. ...
  • International: Etihad Airways. Major crashes since operations started: 0.


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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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Though landlocked, Afghanistan's position in central Asia means it sits along the most direct routes for those traveling from India to Europe and America. After the Taliban takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, civil aviation simply stopped, as ground controllers no longer managed the airspace.

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The capital has lived some pretty dark days in its recent past, but it's also one of the places which has seen the biggest security improvement. Nowadays, I personally believe that Baghdad is a safe city to travel to. There's a lot of security, you can walk around freely, and the locals are very nice.

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'DO NOT TRAVEL'
The U.S. and European countries still warn against any travel to Iraq due to security concerns. The U.S. State Department website says: Do not travel to Iraq due to terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, civil unrest.

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The safest bigger city to visit in Iraq is probably Erbil, and this city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has a moderately big expat population. Any city in the Kurdistan region is one of the safer ones in Iraq.

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