US fines Air France, KLM $425,000 over Iraqi airspace (finance.yahoo.com)
The US Transportation Department fined Air France and KLM a total of $425,000 for flying below 32,000 feet over Iraq, an altitude barred for more than six years by an FAA order. Air France operated more than 30 Delta-coded flights and KLM more than 100 through the prohibited airspace between early 2022 and 2025. The airlines must pay $265,000 within 60 days, with the rest due if further violations occur within a year; both said controllers had ordered descents or refused climbs.
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The hook here is the Delta code: the FAA prohibition reaches foreign airlines only on flights carrying a US carrier's code, which raises the question of whether partners respond by keeping the DL code off Iraq-routed flights rather than changing routings or altitudes.