Russia to restrict air traffic with Italy, Germany, France, Spain from March 13 - coronavirus HQ
MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - Russia will impose restrictions on the air traffic with Italy, Germany, France, and Spain starting from March 13, only individual flights will remain, the operative headquarters combatting the importing and spreading of the Covid-19 disease said in a statement.
Passenger flights from Russia to Italy, Germany, Spain, France and back will be temporarily restricted from 12 a.m. on March 13, 2020, except for: regular flights Moscow - Rome (and back), regular flights Moscow - Berlin (and back), regular flights Moscow -Munich (and back), regular flights Moscow - Frankfurt am Main (and back), regular flights Moscow - Madrid (and back), regular flights Moscow - Barcelona (and back), regular flights Moscow - Paris (and back), which are performed via the Sheremetyevo International Airport (Terminal F), the statement said.
Charter flights will also be made on the condition of transportation of citizens of the given countries and citizens of other countries to the given countries and Russian citizens to Russia until the complete delivery of these citizens to their countries.
The airlines, which will continue their flights, are not revealed in a statement of the operative response headquarters. However, Aeroflot , which is based precisely at the Sheremetyevo Airport, reported earlier on Wednesday that it had cancelled regular flights from Moscow to a number of destinations, except for Rome, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, and Paris.
The Pobeda Airline, which makes flights from Moscow to Berlin, Baden-Baden, Cologne, Leipzig, Memmingen, and Girona, reported on Wednesday evening that it had cancelled flights to Spain and Germany starting from March 13. The airline pledged "to urgently process the full ticket refund." Pobeda cancelled all of its flights to Italy until April at the end of last week.
S7 Airlines, the second largest Russian airline, will also cancel regular flights from Russia to Italy, Spain, France, and Germany starting from March 13 "in connection with the Russian Transport Ministry's decision." "Charter flights will be arranged for the return of travelers. The airline will reregister only foreign citizens to the flights from Russia to Italy, Spain, Germany, and France, and only Russian citizens for the flights back home," the air carrier said. S7 also suggests to passengers processing the full refund of tickets of their cancelled flights and changing them for later dates or other destinations from the airline's network of flights without any fines.