EASA Ends Warning Notice for Commercial Flights Over Iran’s Airspace: Iranian Official

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ended an advisory notice which warned against flying of commercial planes over Iran’s airspace for “safety reasons,” Siavosh AmirMokri, acting head of the Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) of Iran, said on Saturday. To remove the nearly two-year restriction, the CAO and Iran Airports Company had engaged in negotiations with European airlines, the region’s aviation authorities as well as the EASA, AmirMokri was quoted as saying by Iran’s state TV.

In January 2020, the EASA issued a statement which banned European airlines to fly their aircraft under the altitude of 25,000 feet in Iran’s airspace, which was valid until October 30, 2021, AmirMokri added. The statement also said the risk warning ended on October 30 and was no longer extended. The agency had warned airliners flying over Iran of the danger of being accidentally targeted, seven months after a Ukrainian jetliner was mistakenly shot down by Iran’s air defense systems over Tehran. Iran said the air defense systems mistook that airliner for an enemy missile.
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