Airlines likely to skip Ukraine airspace after US warning of Russian attack
More airlines are likely to avoid Ukraine’s airspace amid insurance issues and a decision by leading European carriers to stop overflights after a U.S. warning that Russia could invade at any time, a flight operations advisory firm said on Monday.
Dutch airline KLM said it would halt flights to Ukraine and through the country’s airspace, while Germany’s Lufthansa said it was considering a suspension.
British Airways (BA) flights between London and Asia on Monday appeared to be avoiding the airspace, according to Reuters monitoring of flight tracking service FlightRadar24.
A BA pilot on Sunday said on Twitter that there was a longer flight time for freighter service from London to Bangkok because of “current geo-politics”. BA did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
