United Airlines suspends operations between Newark-Mumbai indefinitely
Rajan Nath
June 21st 2019 11:38 AM --
Updated:
June 21st 2019 11:40 AM
United Airlines on Friday suspended its operations between Newark-Mumbai for an indefinite period amid tensions between the United States and Iran. The move has been taken after the US' FAA issued an emergency order restricting US operators from flying over Iranian Airspace. United Airline in a statement said and I quote, "Given current events in Iran, United Airlines has conducted a thorough safety and security review of our India service through Iranian airspace and decided to suspend our service between New York/Newark and India (Mumbai) beginning today evening."