Do Russian planes fly over Europe?

Are aircraft registered in Russia or operated by Russian operators allowed to fly into the EU? No, except in case of some limited exceptions.



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While Kirby made a comment out of the goodness of his heart and having fear for the American citizen, he had no such words for his new best friends at Emirates, who have also been using Russian airspace and operating all their west coast flights via Russian Airspace.

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Following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia lost the ability to operate much of its commercial aircraft fleet outside Russia. Most of the aircraft operating for Russian airlines are leased from foreign lessors and subject to sanctions and repossession if they leave Russia.

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

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Turkish Airlines flies to 36 different destinations in Russia: Anapa, Arhangelsk, Belgorod, Beslan, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Khanty-Mansiysk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Magnitogorsk, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Murmansk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnevartovsk, Nijniy Novgorod, Perm, Rostov- ...

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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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A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler's passport, a travel document issued by the traveler's country of citizenship.

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Airspace over Ukraine is devoid of commercial airline traffic as planes use corridors well to the south of the country.

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Still, by 2025, Russia is expected to be left with just 70 percent of its foreign-made airplanes. The primary goal for Russian civil aviation right now is to stay afloat until 2030.

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