25 Feb : Russia closes airspace to British aircraft, BA flights affected.
Feb 25, 22, 2:33 am
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25 Feb : Russia closes airspace to British aircraft, BA flights affected.
According to RT and confirmed by BBC Monitoring, the Russian Federation has restricted access to its airspace to all aircraft “owned, leased, or operated by any person connected with Britain or registered in Britain.”
The ban came into effect at 0800GMT on Friday 25 February.
The ban came into effect at 0800GMT on Friday 25 February.
Feb 25, 22, 2:53 am
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Originally Posted by Mapman
According to RT and confirmed by BBC Monitoring, the Russian Federation has restricted access to its airspace to all aircraft “owned, leased, or operated by any person connected with Britain or registered in Britain.”
The ban came into effect at 0800GMT on Friday 25 February.
The ban came into effect at 0800GMT on Friday 25 February.
Feb 25, 22, 2:58 am
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Where does this leave routing to HKG and SIN?
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
Feb 25, 22, 3:02 am
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Originally Posted by paulwuk
Presumably will affect Tokyo flights too.
I don’t think Ba have resumed Beijing or Seoul yet have they? Colleagues had to fly hai paris to get to China last month.
I don’t think Ba have resumed Beijing or Seoul yet have they? Colleagues had to fly hai paris to get to China last month.
Feb 25, 22, 3:12 am
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Originally Posted by paulwuk
Presumably will affect Tokyo flights too.
I don’t think Ba have resumed Beijing or Seoul yet have they? Colleagues had to fly hai paris to get to China last month.
I don’t think Ba have resumed Beijing or Seoul yet have they? Colleagues had to fly hai paris to get to China last month.
Feb 25, 22, 3:20 am
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Originally Posted by GinFizz
No direct flights at all between China (PEK and PVG) and the UK since Dec 2000 (banned by the Chinese authorities). There was at some point talk (or maybe just a wishful rumour ..) of restarting the Shanghai route on a trial period basis around now, but I last I heard that has been pushed back until at least summer.
Feb 25, 22, 3:24 am
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Originally Posted by sydtogla
Where does this leave routing to HKG and SIN?
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
Feb 25, 22, 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by krispy84
Dec 2000 clearly a typo
Feb 25, 22, 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by sydtogla
Where does this leave routing to HKG and SIN?
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
If more EU based airlines follow suit then we could see some very interesting things happening with routing!
The ‘pan handle’ route in days of old gets re-enacted. Standby for great views of the Himalayas.
Feb 25, 22, 4:09 am
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Originally Posted by krispy84
Dec 2000 clearly a typo
Originally Posted by ahopkins767
Unless if you use the numpad 
I have to say though that although there have been no direct flights between the UK and China since Dec 2020 (and none to PEK where I live since Jan 2020) it feels like it was since 2000!
Feb 25, 22, 4:17 am
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Originally Posted by allturnleft
Has no-one in the EU followed suit re banning of russian aircraft?
