WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of

Transportation said Friday it had fined Air Canada ( ACDVF )

$250,000 for operating flights in 2022 and 2023 in prohibited

Iraqi airspace.

The agency had jurisdiction because those flights had United

Airlines' designator code. The violations occurred on

numerous flights between the United Arab Emirates and Toronto in

airspace that was prohibited by the Federal Aviation

Administration to U.S. operators.

Air Canada ( ACDVF ) must pay $125,000 of the fine and owes another

$125,000 if it violates the order again within a year. Air

Canada ( ACDVF ) stopped codesharing with United on the route in January

2023. Emirates was fined $1.5 million by the Transportation

Department in June for operating flights carrying JetBlue

Airways' ( JBLU ) code over Iraqi airspace.