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  Global airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US drone

  World | June 21, 2019 18:44 IST

  ​Major airlines from around the world on Friday began rerouting their flights to avoid areas around the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s shooting down of a U.S. military surveillance drone there, as America warned commercial airliners could be mistakenly attacked.

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  Aviation sector value not well understood by governments: global airlines body

  June 17, 2014 9:06 IST

  New Delhi: Governments across the world have gained “substantially” from the airline industry, earning an estimated $121 billion in tax revenues this year alone, but the aviation sector's importance is “not well understood” by many