25 Feb : Russia closes airspace to British aircraft, BA flights affected.
Feb 25, 2022, 4:18 am
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Not that I’m aware of but I only did a limited search. It would be interesting if the UK ban had included British Overseas Territories because more than a few of the Aeroflot fleet is registered in Bermuda.
Feb 25, 2022, 4:47 am
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Feb 25, 2022, 5:01 am
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BA10 from BKK to LHR looks like it’s diverting south today, planned flight path was over Russia. It took off prior to the ban.
QF2 from LHR to DRW appears to still be following its planned track over Russia.
QF2 from LHR to DRW appears to still be following its planned track over Russia.
Feb 25, 2022, 6:26 am
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EU-SIN will often follow the ME tracks until near Turkey the head off towards India, cross over DEL, cross the northern part of the Bay of Bengal and come down that way.
Feb 25, 2022, 6:52 am
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Feb 25, 2022, 7:09 am
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well it’s a bit more complex than that. MRU is not capable to refuel so many aircraft. Lack of diversion on the MRU -SYD leg make it more difficult or in some cases impossible.
Feb 25, 2022, 7:14 am
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Good on them.
A pity that this doesn't appear to have been coordinated at EU level - a ban over the whole of the EU would be a pretty powerful sanction.
It can be circumvented, sure, but will cause a lot of hassle for anything going westbound.
A pity that this doesn't appear to have been coordinated at EU level - a ban over the whole of the EU would be a pretty powerful sanction.
It can be circumvented, sure, but will cause a lot of hassle for anything going westbound.
Last edited by Bohinjska Bistrica; Feb 25, 2022 at 7:43 am
Feb 25, 2022, 7:28 am
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Feb 25, 2022, 7:35 am
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Via MRU is 11% longer than direct. Via Mumbai or Colombo is only about 3% longer while avoiding Russia and Ukraine
search for P=lhr-syd,lhr-icn-syd,lhr-mru-syd,lhr-sin-syd,lhr-bom-syd,lhr-del-syd,lhr-hkg-syd,lhr-CMB-syd,lhr-NKW-syd&MP=rect&DU=mi
For BA going to Japan, flying south of Russia (but overflying Khazakstan and Beijing) is significantly shorter than flying via Anchorage (and you can't go much further west than Anchorage without hitting Russian airspace). To China and Korea it's an even larger gap.
lhr-hnd,lhr-tzx-bak-icn-hnd,o:noext,lhr-anc-hnd
But from memory LHR-SIN tends to avoid Russia and Ukraine anyway.
search for P=lhr-syd,lhr-icn-syd,lhr-mru-syd,lhr-sin-syd,lhr-bom-syd,lhr-del-syd,lhr-hkg-syd,lhr-CMB-syd,lhr-NKW-syd&MP=rect&DU=mi
For BA going to Japan, flying south of Russia (but overflying Khazakstan and Beijing) is significantly shorter than flying via Anchorage (and you can't go much further west than Anchorage without hitting Russian airspace). To China and Korea it's an even larger gap.
lhr-hnd,lhr-tzx-bak-icn-hnd,o:noext,lhr-anc-hnd
But from memory LHR-SIN tends to avoid Russia and Ukraine anyway.
Feb 25, 2022, 10:07 am
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This screenshot taken seconds ago shows a huge counter-clockwise movement of air traffic around Ukraine. Many international flights are still flying through Russian airspace.
Feb 25, 2022, 10:59 am
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Wouldnt the term 'direct" be more accurate if ANC is a "fueling stop" on the way. Unless I am missing something I thought (semantics) non-stop was a term reserved for wheels up to wheels down happening only once for a destination pair?
Last edited by psusaver; Feb 25, 2022 at 11:21 am Reason: Adjusting tone.