{"id":18718,"date":"2022-03-06T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T11:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2022-03-06T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T11:29:54","slug":"russias-flagship-airline-halts-all-international-flights-except-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/06\/russias-flagship-airline-halts-all-international-flights-except-to-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia’s flagship airline halts all international flights except to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


The activity by Russia\u2019s largest state-owned airline comes after the country\u2019s aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, who recommended that all Russian airlines with foreign-leased aircraft halt both passenger and cargo flights abroad. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aeroflot, Russia\u2019s flagship carrier, has declared that it will halt all international flights except to Belarus beginning March 8.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rosaviatsiya\u2019s recommendation does not apply to Russian airlines that use Russian planes or foreign planes that are not at danger of being impounded. It also does not apply to foreign airlines from nations that have not imposed sanctions on Russia and have not shut down their airspace for Russian planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of the commercial aircraft in Russia are leased, according to Aviation Week, an industry publication.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An Aeroflot statement on the \u201ctemporary suspension of all international flights from March 8\u201d cited new \u201ccircumstances that impede the operation of flights\u201d. It noted all domestic routes would resume unchanged, as well as flights to Belarus, whose leader Alexander Lukashenko is a near ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s biggest state-owned airline also said it would revoke return tickets for passengers who are scheduled to leave Russia after March 6 and travel back after March 8. Those with one-way tickets will be allowed to fly up until March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosaviatsia also recommended Russians seeking to back home from foreign countries arrange flights transiting through countries that had not joined sanctions, such as Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier this week, another Russian carrier, S7, declared the suspension of all its international flights due to sanctions imposed on Russia over the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget airline Pobeda \u2013 a subsidiary of Aeroflot \u2013 also told it will be halting international flights from March 8. The airline sector was one of the first to be impacted by the economic fallout from the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian carrier Aeroflot was banned from the airspace of the entire EU, the United Kingdom, and Canada, forcing it to suspend flights to these destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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