NEW YORK — Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship provider, announces that it will halt all intercontinental flights except to Belarus setting up March 8.
The go by Russia’s greatest state-owned airline arrives soon after the country’s aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, suggested that all Russian airlines with international-leased planes halt both equally passenger and cargo flights overseas.
It cited a large risk of foreign-leased planes getting impounded as portion of Western sanctions that ban leasing of planes to Russia.
Rosaviatsiya’s recommendation does not use to Russian airways that use Russian planes or international planes that are not at hazard of becoming impounded.
It also does not apply to foreign airways from countries that have not imposed sanctions on Russia and have not shut down their airspace for Russian planes.
Aeroflot’s assertion cites “circumstances that hinder operating flights” as a reason for its shift.
Aeroflot states it will cancel return tickets for passengers who are scheduled to depart Russia immediately after March 6 and vacation back immediately after March 8. People with 1-way tickets will be permitted to fly up until eventually March 8. Earlier this week, S7, Russia’s most important private airline, introduced that it was halting all international flights starting off Saturday.