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Russia’s Aeroflot Extends Flight Ban to Ukrainian Cities

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Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot has decided to extend a ban on flights to Odesa and Dnepropetrovsk until August 31 and to Kharkiv and Donetsk until October 25, a spokesperson for the company said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, July 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot has decided to extend a ban on flights to Odesa and Dnepropetrovsk until August 31 and to Kharkiv and Donetsk until October 25, a spokesperson for the company said Tuesday.

Aeroflot flights to Ukraine’s capital Kiev continue operations as usual.

On the heels of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine, Aeroflot decided to cancel flights to the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk and the southern port of Odesa.

The company said in mid-July the flights to Dnipropetrovsk were canceled for one month and to Odesa for a week.

Aeroflot canceled flights to Donetsk and Kharkiv on May 2. Since then the airline has been repeatedly extending the measure, which it said came amid the ban introduced by Ukrainian authorities.

Russian airlines, including Aeroflot and Transaero, suspended transit flights over Ukraine after the MH17 crash, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, said.

Shortly after the crash, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice banning any US flight operations in the airspace over eastern Ukraine until further notice.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed near the town of Torez in the Donetsk Region on July 17, killing all the 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.

The Ukrainian government and the militia forces in the country’s east have blamed each other for the downing of the airliner, with independence supporters saying they lacked the equipment to shoot down a target flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet.

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