The European Union’s aviation agency on Friday renewed its warning for airlines to avoid most Middle East airspace, including Israel, citing “risks to civil aviation” and uncertainty about the ceasefire with Iran.

The warning was set to expire on Friday, but was instead extended by a week — through May 1. It came days after US President Donald Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran, while saying that the US would maintain a blockade of Iranian ports.

“A temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced on 8 April 2026, has been extended,” the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said. “However, its implementation remains uncertain and therefore requires further monitoring to assess whether it leads to a sustained reduction of risk to civil aviation.”

Efforts to end the war have faltered over the US and Iran’s competing blockades of the Strait of Hormuz and the fate of Iran’s........

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