Can Korean Air fly over Russia?

Asian. Asian nations haven't applied as rigorous air sanctions as Europe and North America. However, some countries' airlines are still voluntarily avoiding Russian airspace including Korean Air, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Asiana and more.



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Currently, the U.S. bans its own airlines from flying over Russian airspace, but the ban doesn't generally apply to foreign airlines that serve the U.S.

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June 1, 2023, at 2:52 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials.

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The embargo on Russian airspace for flights to and from the United States does not apply to all airlines. Rather, it only pertains to North American carriers and international flights with North American codeshare agreements.

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Emirates, Qatar Airways, Air India and Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Cargo, and most Chinese carriers have continued to fly over and to Russia.

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Emirates, Dubai to Stockholm
What had been taking the airline 6-6.5 hours over Russia now takes 6.5-7 hours to avoid it. Given the need to avoid Ukraine too, Emirates' flights make a curve above Turkey, then loop through Romania and Poland en route to Stockholm.

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The planes of European airlines, like KLM and Air France, are therefore not allowed to fly over Russia.

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Lufthansa. The German airline Lufthansa is not using Russian airspace and flights to Russia are suspended .

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There are several reasons why, but the big two are to do with the curvature of the earth and the jet streams. Guessing that it was a safety precaution wouldn't be entirely wrong either, as when planning a route many pilots prefer to maximize the number of airports along their flight path.

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand [CAAT] has also confirmed that no Thai carriers are using Ukrainian airspace, he added. Currently, only Thai Airways (THAI) is operating flights from Thailand to Europe and none of its seven routes passes over Ukraine.

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