An Aegean Airlines flight to Moscow returned to Athens following a relevant air directive issued for the wider region, greekcitytimes.com reports.
Other airlines are doing the same.
In particular, shortly before the aircraft entered Russian airspace, an aviation directive (NOTAM) was issued designating a part of the wider Russian region as a temporary dangerous area, thus ordering the Aegean aircraft to return.
The NOTAM is valid from today, February 24, until March 2, but it is not yet clear whether it was issued by the Russian government or by an international organization.
Respectively, through the same NOTAM, other flights of Russian and other airlines either land at the nearest airports or return to their original destination.
Up-to-date information is expected on how the travel instructions for flights to Russian territory and the wider region will be formulated from now on, and consequently what will be born with the scheduled itineraries.
Nevertheless, it is estimated that there will be changes in the flight routes of the airlines due to the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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