S7, Russia‘s largest non-public airline and second largest general, mentioned on Friday it was easing all international flights as of Saturday after the Russian aviation sector was hit by sweeping sanctions on the West.
The European Union, Britain and United States and another international locations have closed their airspace beginning subsequent week, one in every of a package deal of punitive measures after Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation.”
S7, which operates about 100 planes, has flights to Turkey and UAE on Friday however will stop all its flights overseas from Saturday, it mentioned.
The firm didn’t give a motive for the transfer.
Smartaviaa medium-sized Russian airline, introduced that it was easing all its worldwide flights from Friday, together with flights to Uzbekistan and constitution flights to Turkey.