Finnish national carrier Finnair reports that its passenger airplanes are still flying over Pakistan after a precautionary advisory from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Finnair’s planes were already operating at an altitude of some 11,000 metres at the time of the warning. The EASA’s minimum altitude recommendation is some 7,000 metres.
The EASA says that all airlines operating in Pakistan’s airspace need to exercise extreme caution due to a terrorist threat. No airlines have so far needed to change their routes, and there has been no drop in air traffic. Authorities have been releasing warnings for conflict zones like Syria, Ukraine and Iraq since a Malaysian aircraft was shot down over Ukraine in July, 2014.
A Finnair spokesman said that the company always complies with all security protocols, and their planes did not need to change course or altitude as a result of the EASA warning.