REGULATORY · MIDDLE EAST
DGCA asks airlines to avoid nine West Asia airspaces
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DGCA asked Indian airlines to refrain from operating in the airspaces of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and to include robust contingency plans in safety risk assessments.
Why it matters
The advisory covers Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Airlines are to refrain from operating within those airspaces at all flight levels and altitudes. Airlines are required to ensure robust contingency plans as part of their safety risk assessments. Operations over Oman and Saudi Arabia are permitted only subject to certain conditions. Any continued operations through the affected airspace are at operator discretion based on their safety risk assessment.
Implications
- · Airlines must modify flight-routing decisions to avoid the nine named airspaces.
- · Airlines must update safety risk assessments to include robust contingency plans.
- · Operators that choose to continue flights through affected airspace must rely on operator-level safety risk assessments to support those decisions.
Who is affected
- · Indian airlines
- · Airline flight-planning teams
- · Airline safety and compliance teams
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