Al-Marsad newspaper: Russia has closed its airspace to countries that have taken similar measures once morest it, and the Russian Air Transport Agency said today that Russia has banned the use of its airspace by companies of countries that have closed their airspace to it.
The agency pointed out that the ban affected 36 countries, and said: “In accordance with the rules of international law and in response to the ban imposed by European countries on operating flights of civil aircraft, operated by Russian air carriers or registered in Russia, restrictions were imposed on the operation of flights by airlines. Air transport in 36 countries.
Russian airspace has been closed to airlines from the following countries: Austria, Albania, United Kingdom, Belgium, Bulgaria, British Virgin Islands, Hungary (Hungary), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Denmark, Jersey (Jersey), Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Poland and Poland Slovenia, Finland, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Estonia.