Korean Air Unable to Refuel in Russia: "Passenger Flights Suspended, Cargo Flights Skip Moskova"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Korean Air will suspend passenger flights and will not transit cargo flights due to the impossibility of refueling at Moscow Airport in Russia.

According to the aviation industry on the 4th, Korean Air was notified by Moscow Airport that refueling would be impossible as of 1 a.m. on the 5th (7 p.m. local time on the 4th).

Accordingly, the once-weekly 'Incheon~Moscow~Incheon' route will be canceled from the 10th to the 18th. Additionally, the routes operated four times a week, twice weekly each, 'Incheon~Moscow~Frankfurt~Incheon' and 'Incheon~Moscow~Amsterdam~Stockholm~Incheon' will operate without transiting Moscow from the 5th to the 18th.

A Korean Air official stated, "We will closely monitor the local situation and carefully decide on flight operations according to the changing circumstances."

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