Iran firing off SAMs [effect on routes?]

[offshore171]

So Iran shot off a surface to air missile into busy commercial airspace over the Persian gulf.

Given the MH17 case, this is obviously a concern if it continues.

The FAA has now made set some airspace restrictions, applicable only to US carriers, but you can see others following suit:

US aviation authority issues order prohibiting flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

If this gets worse and the exclusion zone gets larger, and applies to more carriers, it's potentially going to have a big impact on the major ME3 airlines.

 

[dajop]

If this gets worse and the exclusion zone gets larger, and applies to more carriers, it's potentially going to have a big impact on the major ME3 airlines.

Closer to home QF may also be impacted ...

QF1 (QFA1) Qantas Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Qantas (QF) #1 flight from Sydney to Sydney

flightaware.com

 

[Happy Trails]

I'd also be concerned about military drones flying in busy commercial airspace.
And odd that IR655 didn't rate a mention in the article.

Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[samh004]

There's a lot of posturing going on by the US right now, and it is in no ones interests for another ME-war.

 

[Franky]

So Iran shot off a surface to air missile into busy commercial airspace over the Persian gulf.

Given the MH17 case, this is obviously a concern if it continues.

The FAA has now made set some airspace restrictions, applicable only to US carriers, but you can see others following suit:

US aviation authority issues order prohibiting flights over some Iran-controlled airspace

If this gets worse and the exclusion zone gets larger, and applies to more carriers, it's potentially going to have a big impact on the major ME3 airlines.

Most things that Iran does is a concern to me.

 

[offshore171]

Closer to home QF may also be impacted ...

QF1 (QFA1) Qantas Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Qantas (QF) #1 flight from Sydney to Sydney

flightaware.com

Yep:

Qantas to re-route flights after US ban on Iran

Qantas will re-route flight paths to avoid parts of Iran after the US banned its airlines from certain areas amid escalating tensions between the two countries.

www.smh.com.au

 

[dajop]

The tangential problem is also the Pakistan airspace closure, avoiding flying over PK & Iran makes the journey from SE Asia to Europe rather difficult.

 

[offshore171]

Yeah routes from SEA look like they might get impacted. North east Asia might be ok though. Doesn’t JAL fly over the arctic to Europe? And from memory flights out of HK go over Russia.

 

[p--and--t]

Most things that Iran does is a concern to me.

Most things that Iran AND TRUMP do are of concern to me

 

[Daver6]

I'd also be concerned about military drones flying in busy commercial airspace.
And odd that IR655 didn't rate a mention in the article.

Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think you'll find Global Hawks are well above the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft.

 

[Happy Trails]

I think you'll find Global Hawks are well above the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft.

Sure, they're capable of that.
At what height was the one shot down?

 

[Franky]

Most things that Iran AND TRUMP do are of concern to me

Trump doesn't bother me at all, but the fact that Iran is the biggest exporter of terrorism going around does.

 

[p--and--t]

Trump doesn't bother me at all, but the fact that Iran is the biggest exporter of terrorism going around does.

I hear you, but along similar lines wasn't al-Qaeda specifically created by the US military (before they lost control and took off on its own)

 

[ric_melb]

An interesting fact I heard on radio this afternoon was that this drone costs about $120 million.
Would have added to the annoyance of the United States.

 

[Franky]

I hear you, but along similar lines wasn't al-Qaeda specifically created by the US military (before they lost control and took off on its own)

No way - they were Osama bin Laden's creation going back a long way...

 

[offshore171]

Qantas has now confirmed they will also be rerouting as per the FAA directive.

 

[kookaburra75]

I hear you, but along similar lines wasn't al-Qaeda specifically created by the US military (before they lost control and took off on its own)

No way - they were Osama bin Laden's creation going back a long way...

I think you're thinking about the Taliban - who were supported by the US against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan

 

[Franky]

I think you're thinking about the Taliban - who were supported by the US against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan

No, but I think we're getting way off topic, perhaps have a look on the net for the stories on all of the groups we're talking about.

 

[Himeno]

Qantas has now confirmed they will also be rerouting as per the FAA directive.

To where?
QF9 went over Iraq this morning.

 

[drron]

The thing that worries me with the problems in the gulf is that Australia has only 55 days of petroleum reserves.Equivalent to 34 days of those are kept offshore.I believe the position of Avgas is slightly less reserves.We are truly exposed.