EASA launched the European Information Sharing and Cooperation Platform on Conflict Zones, an initiative which ensures that participating EASA member states and their operators have easy access to the best information when planning flights near or over areas of conflict.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin (CZIB) with respect to Ukraine, which is now an active conflict area.
The U.S. FAA is advising pilots to exercise caution when operating in Ethiopian airspace below FL290.
25 July 2021The United States FAA issued a Notam, containing further restrictions for U.S. aircraft and crew operating in Afghan airspace.
In a newly released report, the Dutch Safety Board concludes that it is taking too long to reach a decision to restrict or avoid the airspace above a rapidly escalating armed conflict.
17 April 2021The FAA issued Notams, warning U.S. airlines to review current security/threat information and to provide at least 72-hours advance notice of planned flights over airspace covering the Russian-Ukraine border.
7 April 2021The United States FAA extended a security warning for the Egypt Sinai Peninsula by another year due to continuing concern for flight safety. The initial Notam was issued on March 30, 2015, based on the FAA’s assessment that international civil air routes that transit the Cairo (HECC) Flight Information Region (FIR) over the Sinai Peninsula and aircraft operating to […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration extended the Conflict Zone Notam on Pakistani airspace by a year, to 1 January 2022.
28 November 2020The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration extended the Conflict Zone warning on Syrian airspace for three years until December 30, 2023. It remains prohibited to conduct flight operations in the Damascus (OSTT) FIR by all U.S. air carriers. Explaining the extension, the FAA noted some recent events, among others: In late February 2020, Syrian air defense […]
EASA updated its recommendations of overflights of Iran and Iraq.