Airspace Over Ukraine Empties as More Airlines Avoid Overflights Amid Russia Tensions

Airspace Over Ukraine Empties as More Airlines Avoid Overflights Amid Russia Tensions
File photo showing an aircraft operated by Dutch company KLM, which has halted operations in Ukraine, landing at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Oct. 30, 2020. Koen Van Weel/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

More airlines appear to have pulled back from flying over Ukraine after a U.S. warning that Russia could invade at any time, with flight insurance issues featuring in the background, and as a major European carrier announced a stop to overflights.

Monitoring of flight tracking service FlightRadar24 showed the airspace over eastern Ukraine nearly empty at 6:58 a.m. New York time on Feb. 14, with a strip of about 100 miles from the Ukraine–Russia border completely devoid of any flight traffic.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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