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Updated 2 March 2022
With the latest developments between Russia and Ukraine, several countries have agreed to momentarily halt flight operations to and from Russia. Restrictions on current flight schedules have made travel to Russia a challenging affair.
In response to the ban on Russian flights, the Russian Civil Aviation Authority has also decided to close off its airspace to airlines from 36 nations.
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Flights & countries banned from entering Russia
The aviation authority Rosaviatsiya announced a travel ban to several nations following the current situation. Russia has currently suspended flights from 36 countries, including EU nations.
Amidst the flight ban, most airlines have opted to take a detour and bypass the Russian airspace. Inbound flights from the countries mentioned below are now banned from entering Russia:
- Albania
- Anguilla
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- The British Virgin Islands
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Hungary
- Greece
- Denmark
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Jersey
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- The United Kingdom
In addition to the flight bans mentioned above, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also prohibited the entry of a list of representatives from the EU into Russia, including:
- Executives of global European private military companies
- Representatives of law enforcement agencies
- Members of legislative authorities of some EU member states
- Officials of executive authorities of several EU member states
Countries that have banned Russian flight operations
Most EU countries have banned Russian airlines, including the major carrier Aeroflot. Several flights were cancelled, while some were forced to return to Russia following the new developments and the no-fly zones.
Active at 19:00 UTC — nearly all airspace in Europe is now unavailable to Russian flights as North Macedonia joins the list of states prohibiting flights. https://t.co/3GtCYRmZUQ pic.twitter.com/M3bDRskC4D
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 28, 2022
Flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports displayed dozens of cancellations last week, including flights to Paris, Vienna and Kaliningrad. Russia flights will not be permitted to fly over or land at any airports in the countries mentioned below:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- The United Kingdom
- Ukraine
- United States
The risk of intentional targeting or misidentifying civil aircraft has led to most countries prohibiting flights to and from Russia. The European Union has decided to suspend all Russian-owned, Russian-registered, as well as Russian-controlled aircrafts from the EU airspace.
Countries like Germany have also imposed a 3-month ban on flight operations with Russia. Only humanitarian flights will be allowed into the country. Poland’s territory borders with Ukraine are still open, and restrictions over paperwork have been relaxed, allowing easy inflow of Ukrainian residents into the country.
The United Kingdom and United States have also advised their residents against travelling to Russia at the moment.
