The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined Emirates Airline $1.8 million for operating flights on which it codeshares with JetBlue in prohibited airspace over Baghdad.
The flights, the number of which was described only as “significant” by the department in a consent order, took place between December 2021 and August 2022.
Under an FAA regulation that was last extended in October 2020, U.S. airlines are not permitted to fly below 32,000 feet while traversing through Baghdad airspace….





























