Originally Posted by
Carfield
CX 219 has added two and half hours to its flying time tonight too on its way to Manchester. It left HK on time but will arrive at Manchester at 9am - two and half hours later than expected.
https://fr24.com/CPA219/2b261885
It seems that only Mainland Chinese airlines are flying over Russia now. I wonder if it has to do with insurance issues, as a few other airlines like Emirates and FlyDubai, which will suspend flights to and from Russia too.
All the cargo flights to Europe - London CX 255 & Amsterdam CX 271 are all avoiding Russian airspace too.
Carfield
I seem to recall seeing Emirates and Pakistan International in Russian airspace (via flightradar) last night. But checking again this morning, it seems that they are all Chinese or Russian airlines now. I wonder if the decision for Russia to seize leased planes had anything to do with it, be it insurance or whatnot.