Overview
- Iran issued a NOTAM that temporarily closed the Tehran FIR to most flights before lifting the restriction after nearly five hours, with trackers showing domestic services resuming and FAA notices removed.
- Air India cancelled at least three US-bound services—Delhi–New York JFK (AI101), Delhi–Newark (AI105), and Mumbai–JFK (AI119)—and warned of delays on some Europe routes due to longer routings.
- Operational limits are driving disruptions as carriers avoid the corridor, with Pakistan’s ongoing airspace closure compounding fuel planning and crew constraints on long-haul flights.
- IndiGo and SpiceJet issued advisories, IndiGo’s Baku–Delhi flight turned back to Baku, and services to CIS destinations, Europe, and Turkey were affected.
- Flightradar24 identified IndiGo flight 6E1808 from Tbilisi to Delhi as the last non‑Iranian overflight before the shutdown, while Lufthansa said it will bypass Iranian and Iraqi airspace and run day-only flights to Tel Aviv and Amman through Jan 19.