Russia seeks to resume flights with “friendly countries” including Argentina

In the midst of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia He announced that he plans Ending the ban on flights to and from 52 countries after April 9, At a time when Moscow continues to lift restrictions related to the Covid-19 epidemic.

Russia plans resumption of flights to and from Argentina, South Africa and other “friendly countries”, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday, according to the news agency tastIn reference to Countries that did not join the recent wave of Western sanctions against Moscow.

Among the countries that have closed their airspace to Russia are the United States and the following member states of the European Union: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and Sweden.

Canada, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom have also implemented this measure.

In the case of Argentina, there was no statement, but Air Argentinas had to do it Stop selling flights to Moscow Since I got there through a Joint operation from Madrid With the Russian airline Aeroflot and Spain closed its airspace to Russian Airlines.

consulted before Nation Science company sources said that There are no plans to resume operations for Russia.

“Only the code shared through Madrid was working. ANAC agreed to extend it across Miami and New York, but that was never implemented. As long as Aeroflot cannot fly through Europe or the United States, there is no way to reactivate the code shared with Argentina,” he said. They explained.