What Afghanistan debacle means for commercial flights airspace

On Monday, several major airlines diverted their flights on Monday to avoid the Afghanistan airspace. Experts say despite the advance of the Taliban, international airlines flying over Afghanistan airspace may come back to normal sooner.

As uncertainties peak with the Taliban taking control in Afghanistan, several commercial aircraft have started avoiding Afghan airspace. Experts believe that while it is difficult to predict if and when normal commercial airline operations will resume in the war-torn country, the situation might come back to normal for international airlines flying over Afghanistan airspace sooner. Video shows 24hrs over Afghanistan last Monday, 9 August 2021.Some airlines (including British Airways, KLM, and Singapore Airlines) are now rerouting overflights around Afghanistan. Current airspace over Afghanistan can be viewed at: https://t.co/w2Yw2MIxdk pic.twitter.com/dtB3X4nB7t Owing to the uncertainties on the ground, major airlines including United Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic diverted their flights on Monday to avoid Afghanistan airspace. On Monday morning, the Chicago-Delhi Air India flight also had to change course following the airspace was reported "open but uncontrolled by Air Traffic Control (ATC)".