<p>Admist escalating tensions between Iran & Israel, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has announced that they will be rerouting their flights between London & KL to avoid the Iranian airspace. </p><p><br></p><p>"We are rerouting and avoiding Iranian airspace," the airline told <a href=" target="_blank">Bernama</a>. </p><p><img class="image" id="image143202413197" alt=" src=" style="width: 990px;"><input type="button" onclick="window.open( return false;" value="Malaysia Airlines" id="photoimage143202413197" class="photo-source-style"> <br></p><p>MAS is not the first airline to make this decision however. Air India, Australian airline Qantas, as well as German airline Lufthansa have already began temporarily changing the flight routes of their airlines due to escalating fears that Iran would attack Israel. </p><p><br></p><p>US President Joe Biden has been reported by the German Press Agency (dpa) saying that he expects Iran to begin launching their attacks on Israel <span style="font-weight: bold;">"sooner than later"</span>. However, he refused to elaborate on what classified intelligence about Tehrans plans that Washington had accumulated. </p><p><br></p><p>Following the deaths of several military generals after a massive airstrike on the Embassy of Iran in Syria on the 1st of April, the threats from Iran to Israel have increased extensively.</p><p> </p><p>There have also been reports that as tensions increase within the region, the Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized a container ship that is in relation to Israel in the Gulf. </p><p><br></p><p>(Source : <a href=" target="_blank">Bernama</a>)</p>