On March 7, United Airlines introduced that it has indefinitely suspended two flights to India after halting flights that flew over Russia final week.
The Chicago-based airline mentioned final week it had stopped service between San Francisco and Delhi and between Newark, New Jersey, and Mumbai. The airline additional mentioned it plans to proceed flying to Delhi from each Chicago and Newark.
The Biden administration final week joined the European Union and Canada in banning Russian airways from U.S. airspace. The ban included passenger, cargo flights, and scheduled in addition to constitution flights “effectively closing U.S. air space to all Russian commercial air carriers and other Russian civil aircraft,” the Transportation Department mentioned.
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Late on March 1, United Airlines mentioned it had quickly suspended flying over Russian airspace, becoming a member of different main U.S. carriers who’ve taken the step after Russian troops final week poured into Ukraine.
United’s final Delhi-to-San Francisco and Mumbai-to-Newark flights had been on March 2. The Mumbai flight needed to cease in Bangor, Maine, on the way in which to Newark. United’s final U.S. departing legs of these two flights to India had been on February 28.
Without entry to Russian airspace some worldwide flights to Asia are taking considerably longer routes and a few should make a cease. Prior to the present turmoil, about 1,000 U.S. flights per week — together with many cargo flights — usually flew over Russia, officers mentioned.
(With inputs from Reuters)Â
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