Feb 27, 2022: According to a report by AFP, on Sunday, Russia has closed its airspace to flights operated by carriers from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Slovenia in tit-for-tat punitive measures following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s federal air transport agency Rosaviation said, “Air carriers of these states and/or registered in them are subject to restrictions on flights to destinations on the territory of the Russian Federation.”

Earlier, Britain had banned Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot from flying over the UK. Meanwhile Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Baltics, Germany and Slovenia have closed their airspace to Russian carriers.

The federal transport agency further added that restrictions included transit flights through Russia’s airspace.

On Saturday, Russia announced that it would ban flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic. Late on Saturday, Austrian Airlines, Austria’s national carrier, announced that it was canceling flights to Russia and avoiding Russian airspace for at least the next seven days.

The airline said in a statement that it had made the decision “due to the evolving regulatory situation”.

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