Regulation & law · 11/09/2017

FAA Corrects Prohibition Against Certain Flights in Damascus FIR

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is correcting a final rule published on August 29, 2017, which prohibited certain flight operations in the Damascus Flight Information Region (FIR) for U.S. air carriers, commercial operators, and individuals with FAA-issued airman certificates, with some exceptions for foreign air carriers and U.S.-registered aircraft operated by foreign carriers.