JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has decided to divert its European routes from Middle East airspace to ensure the safety of all flights passing the region, following a retaliatory air strike on United States assets in Iraq ordered by Iran on Tuesday (Jan 7).
The airline's acting director of operations, Tumpal M. Hutapea, said Garuda would divert the routes from Iranian and Bucharest airspace to northwest Egypt and Greece after a flight ban issued by the United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
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