(Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. has been forced to delay some flights between Australia and South Africa in recent weeks following a warning from the US government about SpaceX rocket debris reentering the Earth’s atmosphere over the Southern Indian ...

Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on the U.S. government's advice regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over a part of the southern Indian Ocean,

Qantas said that generally speaking, customers understand the nature of the delays on the flight to Johannesburg.

Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa, after the US government warned it about the trajectory of SpaceX rockets re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean.

Some Qantas flights are being delayed thanks to debris from Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets. The Australian airline confirmed several flights between Johannesburg and Sydney have been delayed for between one and six hours.

Australian carrier Qantas said it had delayed flights to Johannesburg in recent weeks on warnings the US government issued about the re-entry of SpaceX rockets in the South Indian Ocean. An SAA spokesperson said its flights to Perth weren't affected.

Sydney-Johannesburg route affected over the past few weeks due to last-minute changes in coordinates for location and timing of re-entry of rockets

Recent rocket launches have changed their timing at short notice, which in turn has forced Qantas to postpone flights right before departure.

Qantas is asking Elon Musk's SpaceX to be more precise with the areas and timings for rocket re-entries to prevent disruption.

Several Qantas Airline flights have been delayed over the last few weeks due to SpaceX rocket activity. Some flights between Johannesburg, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia, have been delayed as long as six hours after receiving a warning from the U.