Air France Flight To Moscow Cancelled After Russia Opposes Belarus Diversion
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A flight was also scrapped on Wednesday as the EU has urged airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace due to it diverting a flight to arrest a journalist.
Air France cancelled another flight from Paris to Moscow on Friday after Russia rejected a flight plan that would have skipped Belarusian airspace, the airline said. A flight was scrapped on Wednesday for similar reasons as the EU has urged airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after the regime there diverted a Ryanair plane and arrested an opposition journalist on board. Austrian Airlines on Thursday also had to cancel a flight from Vienna to Moscow that would have avoided Belarus. Air France said Friday that flight AF1154 was cancelled "for operational reasons related to bypassing Belarusian airspace, requiring a new authorisation from Russian authorities to enter their territory".More Related News