The airline Air France announced Sunday that it will temporarily suspend its flights to China and Japan while it finds alternative routes to overflight over the country of Russia.
The airline, which had already suspended flights to Kiev since last 21st, decided today to suspend destinations to the territory of Russia or overflight through airspace, as detailed in its statement.
As a result, Air France will cancel flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg from next midnight on February 28, 2022.
In addition, the airline will temporarily suspend frequencies to China, Japan and Korea, for as long as it takes to find “flight plans that allow it to avoid Russian airspace, while respecting the directives of the French and international authorities,” it said in its official statement.
Air France stressed that the safety of its flights and passengers “is an absolute imperative” and that it is contacting customers affected by these decisions.
