Qantas reroutes Perth-London flights amid concerns of Iranian strike on Israel

By Reuters 13 April 2024, 10:19 am

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Illustrative: Two Qantas planes taxi on the runway at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, August 20, 2015. (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Australia’s Qantas Airways says it temporarily rerouted flights between Perth and London on concerns about the Middle East, as expectations rose of an attack by Iran on Israel.

“We’re temporarily adjusting the flight paths for our flights between Perth and London due to the situation in parts of the Middle East,” a Qantas spokesperson says. “We’ll reach out to customers directly if there’s any change to their booking.”

Qantas says no flights between Perth, the capital of Western Australia state, and London had been paused or cancelled but that flights on the route are operating on an adjusted flight path via Singapore.

The Sydney-based airline’s other flights to and from London remain unchanged as they take different flight paths.