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EU closes airspace to Russian flights and aircraft

Air
Will Payne
28 February 2022

Russian airline Aeroflot has cancelled all flights to European destinations after the EU imposed a blanket ban on all Russian carriers using its airspace.

(Credit: Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

All 27 EU member states will participate in the ban, which prohibits all Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft from landing in, taking off from or flying over any EU nation.

It comes after the UK shut its airspace to Russian aircraft following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.