Russian airline Aeroflot suspends all its flights to Europe

The Russian airline Aeroflot announced the suspension from Monday of all its flights to Europe, following the decision of the European Union to close its airspace to planes from Russia.

“As a result of the restrictions concerning airspace, applied by the European authorities, Aeroflot suspends its flights to all European destinations from February 28, 2022 and until further notice”, the company said in a statement released Sunday night.

The European Union said on Sunday that it would close its airspace to Russian carriers in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, a move also taken by several European countries outside the European Union and Canada.

Faced with these announcements, Russian air traffic has to manage its flights avoiding a huge prohibited zone, which forces them to make large detours.

Russia responded by prohibiting planes from European countries that had closed their airspace in recent days from flying over its territory.

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