Ukraine Gate -Kiev- March 5, 2022- Russian public and private airline Aeroflot has announced the suspension of all foreign flights from March 8.
“Aeroflot reports the temporary suspension of all international flights from March 8 (00:00 Moscow time) due to additional circumstances that prevent the performance of flights. The cancellation also applies to international destinations according to the flight schedule of Russian Airlines and Aurora (flights in and in the SU5400-5799 range and SU5950-6999)”.
From March 6, Aeroflot will allow to accept passengers on international flights with tickets in both directions, if the return flight is scheduled for numbers after March 8, then passengers with round-trip tickets from Russia will be allowed to travel until the flight date. I stopped.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with company employees at the Aeroflot office, which is broadcast online on Russian TV.
This decision was explained by “reducing the risk of not being able to use return flights to Russia” for airline customers. Passengers of canceled flights will be able to issue a full refund of the ticket.
Earlier on Saturday, it became known that Rosaviatsia had recommended Russian airlines to suspend all international flights from March 6 amid mass arrests of aircraft abroad. The agency said that the recommendation applies to airlines that have aircraft registered in the records of other countries under a lease agreement with a foreign organization. Experts suggest that Russia may continue to withdraw these aircraft.
S7 Airlines announced on Friday that from March 5 it will have to cancel all flights to international destinations.
As reported, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces are bombing and destroying major infrastructure, as well as intensively bombing residential areas of Ukrainian cities and towns using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.
Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and a general mobilization was announced.
