*NEW DELHI – Air India and other Indian airlines will reroute flights toavoid Iranian air space, an official said Saturday, as tensions ratchet upfollowing Tehran’s downing of a US drone.*
A spokesman for the country’s biggest state-run carrier said it was told toalter its flight paths by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) —the aviation regulator, *India Today*link reported.
“Air India has received the DGCA notice regarding operations in the Iranianairspace and we are monitoring the situation,” said Dhananjay Kumar.
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“We will take appropriate actions whenever necessary to preventinconvenience to passengers,” he said.
