Cathay Pacific has suspended flights over Iran, citing the missile alert, but Qantas has decided to continue flights. The European Aviation Safety Agency put out a warning ab out missiles being fired at Syria, and Qanta said "The Europeans said that those issues were there, but didn't make any recommendations or changes to what airlines do."
On Wednesday, Cathay announced it had suspended flights and said "In view of hte situation in the region Cathay Pacific suspended all flights over Iran and Caspian Sea since last Thursday until further notice." Neither EASA nor the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation had made specific recommendations to carriers.
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