Flights are avoiding Russian airspace after the Azerbaijan Airlines crash

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1. > Airlines are avoiding Russian airspace after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed on Wednesday, killing 38 passengers.

   > The Embraer 190 jet was bound for Russia from Azerbaijan — but veered off course after sustaining some kind of damage over Russia.

   > It managed to reach Aktau airport in Kazakhstan before crash-landing. 29 passengers survived.

   > The reason for the crash remains unknown. Business Insider reported Thursday, citing reports from Euronews and The New York Times, that Azerbaijani investigators believed Russia shot the plane down, a view supported by many analysts.

   > Several airlines suspended flights to Russia since the crash.

   > Azerbaijan Airlines said it would suspend flights to 10 Russian cities starting Saturday, citing “physical and technical external interference.”

   > “The suspension will remain in effect until the completion of the final investigation,” it said.

   > El Al, Israel’s flagship carrier, said in a Telegram post on Thursday that it was suspending all flights on the Tel Aviv-Moscow route for this week due to the events in Russia’s airspace.

   > It said it would carry out a new assessment next week on whether the route would be resumed.

   > Flydubai, an Emirati low-cost carrier, said it would suspend flights from Sochi in Russia until January 2 inclusive and from Mineralnye Vody until January 3, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported on Friday.

   > Qazaq Air, a Kazakh air carrier, said it was temporarily suspending flights from Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, to Yekaterinburg, Russia, from Saturday until January 27, 2025.

   > Western airlines generally have not operated in Russia’s airspace since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, meaning they have no services to divert or cancel.

   > Peter Frankopan, an expert on Russian and Balkans history at Oxford University, told Business Insider that if Moscow is determined to be at fault, it will “make people nervous about ever flying over Russian airspace.”

   > “That has significance during the war and after it is over — including for Russian revenues from overflights,” he said, referring to fees paid to countries for the right to cross their airspace.

   > According to a Reuters analysis, Russia had spent over $12 billion in state subsidies and loans as of December 2023 to sustain its civil aviation industry since Western sanctions took effect.

   So, Azerbaijan Airlines(Azerbaijan), El Al (Israel), FlyDubai(UAE) and Qazaq Air(Kazakhstan) are at least temporary not flying to Russia. These are neutrals and/or allies of Russia, of which they have few. Russia’s about to get even further isolated.

2. And they should avoid it.

   Dead passengers means a dead airline. Seems pretty simple to me.

3. There is no coming to consciousness without pain…

4. I wouldn’t be surprised if the insurance companies said they wouldn’t cover the route

5. They should have avoided Russia since 24/02/2022.

6. this makes complete sense. After all, it is really starting to look like the Russians shot it down. The death of passengers is not good for business.

7. Should read, “Flights avoiding Russian Airspace after the illegal shooting down of Azerbaijan Airlines flight by Russia.”

8. It’s weird ICAO still allows civil flights in Russia. Iranian military cargo planes arrive to Russian civil airports which makes them a legitimake military targets. Russians just use their passengers as a living shield.

9. theres literally a nyc to hong kong plane passing over siberia as we speak. i wonder if they are at risk lmao

10. I love all these pussy foot titles that are calling this a plane crash and not a plane that was shit down

11. Many western airlines have boycotted Russian airspace since 2022. From the UK no British airline flies to mainland China anymore. The route from the UK to Japan now is a round the world trip, going over Turkey and Central Asia on the way out and via the Pacific, Alaska and Canada coming back. Virgin wanted to start Seoul but couldn’t because of this issue.

12. Because beforehand Russian airspace was oh so tempting.

13. Every other country is trying to avoid R U S S I A in general.

14. I’m not sure why anyone would get near Russia with their history.

15. They should have always avoided Russian airspace. They’ve been doing this shit for years.

16. Crash? You mean attack?

17. “To Russia” should be synonymous for avoiding like to google is a synonym for searching content online.

    Example: I russia that place because I want to live.

18. Years too late, AGAIN.

19. I’d avoid a genocidal terrorist state’s airspace as well. Or any space around them for that matter. You never know when they may randomly decide it belongs to them

20. The risk of flying into a war-zone isn’t worth it. I mean for gods sakes they shoot down their own planes let alone anyone else’s.

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