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Old Jan 8, 2010, 9:32 am
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DesertNomad
 
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Originally Posted by You want to go where?
I would be surprised if they did, but only because there really isn't any reason to. What destination other than Iran itself would require an Iran overflight.
US to Dubai (ALT-DXB on DL).

I was on this flight last month and while we did not fly over Iran (we stayed a few miles west of it), I can see that depending on wind it'd be done. When I flew EK DXB-JFK we flew over Iran.
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