Vietnam’s int’l air routes not affected by Russia - Ukraine tensions: official
The international air routes operated by Vietnamese airlines are not affected by tensions in the Russia - Ukraine relations, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang affirmed on February 24.
Vietnam Airlines is the only Vietnamese carrier to conduct flights to Moscow at present. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Theinternational air routes operated by Vietnamese airlines are not affected by tensionsin the Russia - Ukraine relations, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority ofVietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang affirmed on February 24.
Thang told the Vietnam NewsAgency that only Vietnam Airlines is conducing flights to Moscow, andthe national flag carrier has for long prepared plans to fly over Russia and Western Europe, instead of Belarus and Ukraine.
Therefore, Russia - Ukraine tensionsdo not impact the international air routes operated by Vietnamese carriers, henoted.
Russian news network RT reported that many big cities of Ukraine heardbig explosions on February 24 morning (Vietnam time).
Earlier the same day, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect peoplein the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk and People's Republic of Luhansk in Donbass,eastern Ukraine.
Reuters reported that theEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency on February 24 warned airlines to avoid flyingover Ukraine and exercise “extreme caution” in airspace within 185km of the Belarus - Ukraine and Russia - Ukraineborders.
TheUkrainian Government shut airports in eastern Ukraine from midnight through 7amdue to escalating tensions. The country’s aviation authorities also declaredsome airspace in the east to be “danger areas”./.
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Vietnam Airlines is the only Vietnamese carrier to conduct flights to Moscow at present. (Photo: VNA) 
