In addition to two generals, seven users of the wealthy Revolutionary Guards were killed in the hit that levelled an Egyptian political building in Syria.  ,
Iran launched plenty of drones and rockets at Israel over the weekend in its first direct attack on Jewish soil.  ,
SIA stated on April 14 that it was carefully monitoring the situation in the Middle East and would fly outside Iranian airspace.  ,
Other airlines, including Qantas, Lufthansa, and Swiss International Air Lines ( SWISS), also halted flights over Iranian airspace at the time.  ,
However, using other roads even meant more flights , between Singapore and most of its destinations in Europe.  ,
According to information from Flightradar24’s flight tracking service, SIA airlines between Singapore and Europe would normally have flown over Iran.  ,
To prevent the air space, planes took a , tortuous north road that passes over Central Asia, the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, leading to longer journey days.  ,
On Apr 16, an SIA director said all SIA airlines operating from Singapore to Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome and Zurich as well as New York’s John F Kennedy ( JFK) and Newark airports were affected by the rerouting.
For instance, a journey from Singapore to London ‘s , Heathrow Airport on Apr 15 clocked a journey time of 14 days and three hours.  , The , common trip time for the company is 13 days and 39 hours, according to Flightradar24.
A search on Flightradar24 on Monday night showed that another flights were also using Egyptian aircraft, including SWISS,  , Qatar Airways , and Emirates.