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NEWS Jul 18, 2024 F-35 Intercepts Aircraft Flying Through Restricted Airspace During Republican National Convention A Van's RV-6 aircraft was intercepted by F-35 fighter jets after flying through restricted airspace surrounding Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention Read More →

NEWS Sep 26, 2023 Does Politics Affect International Flights and Tourism? Aviation benefits society by connecting people, cultures, and businesses across long distances. However, economic and political issues between countries can significantly impact aviation's ability to unite people. Let's take a deeper look at how geopolitical issues affect aviation, through three case studies. Read More →

NEWS Aug 09, 2023 British Airways A380 Flies for 10.5 Hours to Nowhere The political situation in Niger has deteriorated to such a point that it's now affecting aviation. On August 6, Niger's junta government closed the countries airspace, forcing numerous flights to divert around the nation's airspace. Two British Airways flights were forced to return to their starting points after hours in the air due to the airspace closure. Read More →

NEWS Jun 09, 2023 Sudan Lengthens Airspace Closure Sudan has extended its airspace closure to June 15th. The military and paramilitary within the country are still at war with each other, with no signs of stopping. Read More →

NEWS Jun 04, 2023 New U.S. Flights Operated by Chinese Airlines to Avoid Russian Airspace Chinese airlines are starting to avoid flying over Russian airspace for flights to the US. This suggests that China is looking to improve its relationship with the US as geopolitical tensions increase. Read More →

NEWS May 02, 2022 Air Traffic Between Europe and Asia Rises in the Face of Russian Airspace Ban Despite UK and EU airlines facing bans from Russian airspace, aviation data firm OAG has recorded rises in scheduled seats between Europe and Asia. Read More →

NEWS Mar 02, 2022 United Suspends India Flights Due to Russian Airspace Closure As the war in Ukraine rages, Western countries have begun restricting airspace to Russian airlines, which have been met with reciprocal airspace bans by Russia. This move is affecting United States' airline flights to and from Asia, including United's flights to India. As a result, as stated by the airline, "United has decided to temporarily suspend transiting Russian airspace to operate our flights to and from BOM (Mumbai) and DEL (Delhi) India." Read More →

NEWS Feb 23, 2022 Ukrainian Civil Airspace Closed After a standoff spanning several weeks, Russian troops have reportedly begun invading Ukraine. Tensions are now higher than ever, and a war is underway. Airspace over Ukraine has been closed for commercial air traffic. Read More →

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