Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets

Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets

August 5, 2014 0 By News Desk
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Moscow May Force European Airlines to Fly Around Russia . Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions, with one newspaper reporting that European flights to Asia over Siberia could be banned. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March

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Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets