These days, authorities in Russia are seriously considering the prospect of imposing an airspace ban against all European airlines that fly above the country, using Trans Siberian air route. On Tuesday, Vedomosti Daily reported Russia was considering limiting, or even completely blocking European flights to Asia that cross Siberia, in response to EU sanctions that caused Aeroflot subsidiary Dobrolet to suspend flights on Monday.
It all started in 1970, when air companies from Europe started to pay Aeroflot (then USSR’s corporation), to be able to make their journey 4,000 kilometers (almost 2,500 miles) shorter, and to save 30,000 dollars per …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
