Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
I wonder what the next step will be . Retaliation will follow of course, I have a feeling this is not going to end well, especially for our industry already weakened by 2 years of Covid.
If Russia closes its airspace permanently to the west airlines, the future of our European legacy airlines is in the balance.
not really. Hardly any Far East destinations worth operating to GIA russia at the moment anyway. HKG&China are written off so just leaves Japan really. Don’t forget that Russian Airspace wasn’t available until the 90s anyway.