Air France and British Airlines to Stop Tehran Flights

Britain and France's flagship carriers say flights to Tehran are not commercially viable.

Britain and France's flagship carriers say flights to Tehran are not commercially viable, with British Airways stopping flights on September 23 and Air France stopping flights on September 18. They join other airlines that halted operations in the Islamic Republic amid renewed US sanctions. Flagship carriers British Airways and Air France said Thursday they are suspending flights to Iran because they are not commercially viable in the wake of renewed US sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The route was reinstated in the wake of a 2015 accord between western powers and Iran under which most international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs on the country's nuclear program.