Flights over Iran can be seen diverting after a “major combat operation” by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday morning (28 February), bringing the region into new conflict
A video from the flight tracking service Flightrader24 shows the overnight stream of flights from the Gulf crossing northeast Iraq, but around 6 am GMT the pattern ends, with aircrafts instead flying west over Saudi Arabia.
Virgin Atlantic said it will temporarily avoid Iraqi airspace, resulting in some pre-planned rerouting of its flights and cancelled its VS400 service from London Heathrow to Dubai on Saturday.