Airlines Still Flying Over Russian Airspace

Airlines Still Flying Over Russia

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, numerous airlines have suspended operating over the airspace of the Russian Federation. Countries in Europe and North America have closed their airspace off to Russian aircraft and have since felt reciprocal retaliation from the Kremlin forcing reroutes around Russia. However, some other international airlines which are still allowed to fly over Russian Federation airspace are choosing not to for safety or insurance reasons. In total, the Russian government has closed its airspace to 36 countries or territories. Find out which airlines are still operating across Russia.

 

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Which Countries are Blocked from Russian Airspace

Rosaviatsiya, the Federal Air Transport Agency for the Russian Federation has restricted airspace access to the following states and territories.

Republic of Austria	Kingdom of Belgium	Republic of Bulgaria	Republic of Croatia	Republic of Cyprus
Czech Republic	Kingdom of Denmark	Republic of Estonia	Republic of Finland	French Republic
Federal Republic of Germany	Hellenic Republic (Greece)	Hungary	Republic of Ireland	Italian Republic
Republic of Latvia	Republic of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Republic of Malta	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Republic of Poland	Portuguese Republic	Romania	Slovak Republic	Republic of Slovenia
Kingdom of Spain	Kingdom of Sweden	Swiss Confederation	United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Kingdom of Norway
Canadá	Iceland	Republic of Albania	Anguilla*	Gibraltar*
British Virgin Islands*	United States of America

*British Overseas Territories

 

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Which Countries Have Blocked Russia from its Airspace

As of abril 2022, Albania, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK, US and the entirety of the European Union has banned Russian registered aircraft from entering its airspace.

 

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Which Airlines are Still Flying Over Russia

European

All 27 member states of the European Union as well as Switzerland, Albania, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom have suspended services to Russia or over Russian airspace. However, the following airlines remain operating over its airspace or to their airports

 

African

There are a limited amount of African airlines which have continued operating services over Russian airspace. Some which have continued include.

 

Middle Eastern

 

Asian

Asian nations haven't applied as rigorous air sanctions as Europe and North America. However, some countries' airlines are still voluntarily avoiding Russian airspace including Korean Air, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Asiana and more. There are still a handful of airlines that operate services over Russian airspace including.

 

North American

Currently, no North American airlines fly over Russian airspace.

 

South American

Similarly, airlines based in South America are not flying over Russian Airspace.

 

Oceanic

Australasian airlines such as Qantas are avoiding Russian airspace on flights to Europe.

Please note that this list is constantly evolving as the Russo-Ukrainian war escalates. Please also check with your airline.

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Alternative Airlines Update

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