Updated -List of Ban on Russian Airlines

Ban on Russian Airlines has been extended with USA joining the list. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the invasion of Ukraine a “special operation” and justified it by saying “neo-Nazis” rule the country and threaten Russia’s security – a charge Kyiv and Western governments say is baseless propaganda.

Due this invasion, all the Western Countries have put in various economical sanctions and so many countries have put a complete ban on russian airlines for using their airspace.

Following countries have put a ban as on 02 Mar-22-

The flight bans are expected to hurt airlines that fly over the world’s biggest country to get from Europe to Asia. They are likely to force them to find new routes.

Russia retaliates

In tit-for-tat punitive measures, Russia on Sunday closed its air space to flights operated by carriers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.

A day earlier, it had closed its air space to flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic.

On Friday, it banned all UK-linked planes from its skies. This will hurt Aeroflot very badly and it is likely to get bankrupt .

Russia was scrambling to prevent financial meltdown Monday as its economy was slammed by a broadside of crushing Western sanctions imposed over the weekend in response to the invasion of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin held crisis talks with his top economic advisers after the ruble crashed to a record low against the US dollar, the Russian central bank more than doubled interest rates to 20%, and the Moscow stock exchange was shuttered for the day. It will stay closed Tuesday, the central bank announced. The European subsidiary of Russia’s biggest bank was on the brink of collapse as savers rushed to withdraw their deposits. Economists warned that the Russian economy could shrink by 5%. 

Summary – All the Europian Countries, USA, Canada and UK have shut their airspace for Russian airlines . This will hurt Aeroflot Airlines drastically.

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