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HELSINKI / PARIS / CHICAGO, February 28 – Airlines are preparing for potentially prolonged blockades of key east-west corridors after the European Union and Moscow issued airspace bans, and Washington did not rule out such actions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
Industry officials say the Biden administration will ban Russia from US airspace. The White House said Monday that while a ban on Russian flights is not on the table, it has not yet made a decision.
“There are a lot of flights that US airlines fly over Russia to get to Asia and other parts of the world, and we take a number of factors into account,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.
The issue has been the subject of intense debate in the US government in recent days. Senator Dick Durbin, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate, voiced support for the ban.
“Other countries have done it in Europe, and turning off the lights at the airport is not a bad idea for these boys,” he told reporters.
A European official, who asked not to be identified, said the EU had full confidence that Washington would follow suit.
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The representative of the United States Carlos Jimenez, a Republican member of the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, said on Twitter that he would submit legislation this week banning Russian airlines and private jets from flying in US airspace.
A move by the White House to ban Russian carriers from provoking a response from Moscow is expected, which could affect carriers such as United Airlines. The Chicago-based carrier, for example, uses Russian airspace for flights from Delhi.
The interior of the Finnair Airbus A350 XWB at the airport in Hamburg, Germany, October 11, 2015. The Finnish company took the plane from the manufacturer Airbus in Toulouse a few days ago and from November 21, 2015 will fly it between Helsinki and Lime. (Photo by Daniel Bockwoldt / photo union via Getty Images / Getty Images)
American Airlines has stated that it does not use Russian airspace for international flights and will suspend interline transactions with Russian carriers Aeroflot and S7 Airlines indefinitely.
Russia on Monday banned airlines from 36 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, after EU ministers agreed to deny entry to Russian planes, including private planes of oligarchs in the country.
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As one of the first signs of disparities in Europe, the chairman of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority called airspace sanctions against Russia a violation of international treaties.
However, the European official said EU sanctions were “carefully designed in accordance with international law”.
The sanctions triggered flight cancellations and costly detours, hampering the industry’s pandemic recovery and hitting the Irish-based leasing industry, which has been ordered to stop doing business with Russian airlines.
The diversion meant that flights in Kazakhstan’s airspace tripled to more than 450 on Monday.
Without access to Russian airspace, many carriers will have to divert flights to the south while avoiding tensions in the Middle East.
Finland’s national carrier Finnair has canceled flights to Japan, Korea, China and Russia and lifted the 2022 guidelines as sanctions block access to Asia, a cornerstone of its strategy in recent years due to the Helsinki hub’s location.
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Shares of Finnair fell 21%, leading to a drop in shares of airlines in both Europe and the United States.
The German group Lufthansa said 30 flights to Russia would be canceled this week and flights from Europe to Tokyo and Seoul would have to be flown.
Russia’s Aeroflot said it had canceled flights to the United States, Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic until Wednesday due to the closure of Canadian airspace. The announcement came a day after the carrier said it would cancel all flights to European destinations.
In this file photo from Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Brussels Airlines planes on the runway at Brussels Airport in Brussels, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 (AP Photo / Francisco Seco, File) (AP Photo / Francisco Seco, File / AP Newsroom)
On Monday, an Aeroflot plane headed for Verona, Italy, was forced into a model of detention outside EU airspace and was diverted to Turkey after apparently being denied access, according to flyradar24.
This came hours after one of his flights crossed Canadian airspace despite a Toronto ban on Russian aircraft, prompting the regulator to begin reviewing the behavior of Aeroflot and Canada’s air traffic control service provider.
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Other carriers from Latvian AirBaltic to Singapore Airlines have also suspended flights to Russia.
Korean Air, Japan Airlines and Japan’s ANA Holdings have said they continue to use Russian airspace, but have no plans to add flights to Russia or Europe to replace flights canceled by European carriers.
Demand for Japan and South Korea is low due to travel restrictions related to COVID-19.
Finnair Airbus A350 XWB stops after landing in Hamburg, Germany, October 11, 2015 (Photo by Daniel Bockwoldt / photo of the union via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Airspace closures and flight cancellations have also begun to affect freight traffic, further exacerbating global supply chain problems.
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Many freight carriers use Russian airspace, which is a major crossroads for world trade, about half of which is valued by air.
“Due to the ongoing dramatic development of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Lufthansa will no longer use Russia’s airspace,” Lufthansa Cargo said.
United States-based United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N) and FedEx Corp. (FDX.N), two of the world’s largest logistics companies, have said they are cutting off supplies to Russia.