UKRAINE AIRLINE’S SOUTH CAUCASUS FLIGHTS TO AVOID RUSSIAN AIRSPACE
11:56 * 08.08.14
Ukraine’s biggest international airline is forced to revise its flight
routes to the South Caucasus republics to avoid the Russian airspace
which has been closed to the country.
The move will is expected to cost Ukraine International Airlines higher
expenses on fuel for longer flights to the Armenian, Azerbaijani and
Georgian capitals, the Russian news agency Interfax reports, citing
the company’s press service.
Russia banned Ukrainian air carriers’ flights over its airspace on
Friday amid the continuing tense relations with the country’s new
government.
Another Ukrainian air company’s director is reported as saying that
passing round the Russian airspace would take them an additional
15-30 minutes.
Armenian News – Tert.am
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