Originally Posted by
baseball
What is the current status of our two B-777 India trips?
Is the FAA still telling air carriers to avoid Iranian airspace?
How does this effect earnings/bottom line?
Any other carriers affected by FAA order to avoid Iranian airspace?
Has the Dept. of State said anything recently?
-asking because my google search doesn't yield any current information.
United has suspended all India flying through September 1. The Pakistan airspace is still closed and that’s been going on longer then the Iran issue. So wouldn’t be surprised to see it pushed to October.
The FAA order only affects US airlines and since no other US airline flies to India, UAL is the only one affected as far as I know.
Hard to say on profitability, those planes have been repurposed in the domestic market helping to cover the MaX debacle. So maybe neutral? And due to international rules, they can’t change aircraft in a international market without approval. So a 777-200 route can’t just become a 777-300 route at United’s whim.