All restrictions on the use of Moscow’s airspace have been lifted, with almost 50 jets having been directed to other airports since early morning on Monday, the Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport said in a statement, APA reports citing TASS.
“Forty-five passenger flights and two cargo flights have been redirected to alternative airports in Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and St. Petersburg. After the removal of restrictions on the use of airspace, at 8:30 a.m. Moscow time, passengers from the mentioned flights will be delivered to destination airports,” according to the statement.
“As of 9:00 a.m. Moscow time airports in Moscow (Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo) and the Moscow Region (Zhukovsky) operate as usual,” the agency added.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency