Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Back to the original thread question about airspace restrictions for civilian traffic: not yet but the plan is there waiting to be activated . If the Brown stuff hits the fan and the Turkish-Iran corridor closes it's going to hurt a lot to f Airlines with much longer routes .
Hopefully the start of this will be a NATO coordinated event and some form of warning will be issued to divert aircraft in flight .
But experience shows us that a full staged war is rarely preceded by a NOTAM .
Given the announcement by Turkish foreign minister Cavusolglu that ground operations are a must , that Turkey is acting in alliance with the Saudis and that some twenty Arab nations are about to begin joint military exercises, not much chance of Turkey waiting any longer for a blessing from NATO. In such an eventuality the airspace affected will cover much more than the bordering region of Northern Syria. Bad for business for most airlines, including THY. Even worse if Russia becomes rather objectionable to such a move. But might be good for the cruise liner business, unless of course their ships get requisitioned for troops.