An Air Canada aircraft arrives at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal on Sept. 10, 2024.Photo by Graham Hughes/Bloomberg

Air Canada fined $250K over flights in banned Iraq airspace

'Significant number of flights' between United Arab Emirates and Canada took place between October 2022 and January 2023

by · National Post

The U.S. Department of Transportation slapped Air Canada with a US$250,000 fine for operating flights in prohibited airspace over Iraq.

The airline flew planes carrying the designator code of U.S. carrier United Airlines Holdings Inc. in areas of the country that are banned for U.S. operators, according to the department. The “significant number of flights” between the United Arab Emirates and Canada took place between October 2022 and January 2023, DOT said in a statement on Friday.

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