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Old Feb 27, 2019 | 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by UAgeek71
Non US carriers can route over Iran.
So US carriers (e.g., UA) cannot overfly Iran? Makes life rather difficult if both Iranian AND Pakistani airspace is closed to them (either/or looks manageable).

I've only flown European or ME carriers into India and we frequently overflew Iran, so was unaware of this.
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