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US fines Air France and KLM $425,000 over flights below minimum altitude in Iraqi airspace

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The US Department of Transportation imposed a combined $425,000 penalty for dozens of flights operated in the Baghdad flight information region between 2022 and 2025. The flights breached a minimum-altitude restriction intended to protect aircraft from ground threats; some were marketed under Delta’s code-share.

Discovered 2026-10-23T10:05:39.588518-07:00 | 2026-10-23T10:05:39.588518-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The penalty underscores that airspace restrictions and minimum-altitude requirements carry enforcement risk for airlines operating in areas where threats from the ground are a concern.
  • The cited flights span 2022–2025 and involved Delta code-sharing, extending the issue beyond the operating carriers to the commercial partnerships through which flights are sold.

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