Flights to the USA are prohibited

Russia has banned flights of civil aviation aircraft to the United States, Deputy Minister of Transport Pavel Rozhkov told Interfax at about 19.00 Moscow time. The decision was made due to the fact that the US authorities completely closed their airspace to both foreign and American civil aircraft. In Russia, this ban mainly concerns Aeroflot. Only this company operates regular flights from Russia to the continental United States.

At the time of the introduction of the ban, the press service of this company told a Vremya Novostei newspaper correspondent, there were no Aeroflot aircraft at US airports. There were two airliners over the Atlantic heading there (flights SU-315 Moscow-New York and SU-329 Moscow-Chicago). It was decided to land these planes in Canada (although this country, following the United States, introduced a moratorium on flights in its skies and, according to news agencies, even canceled several foreign flights flying from Europe). At about 20.30 Moscow time, the first of the Aeroflot airliners landed in Canada. All subsequent flights to the US have been canceled indefinitely.

"News Time"