Airlines say Chinese carriers have an ‘unfair advantage’ as China reopens: They’re allowed to fly over Russia
Nicholas Gordon February 20, 2023·3 min read
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airlines-chinese-carriers-unfair-advantage-100138577.html
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago, carriers from Europe,
Canada and North America have skirted around the country, making lengthy detours to avoid flying in its airspace. Now, CEOs are worried that those
added miles put them at a disadvantage to Asian carriers who still use
Russia for their long-haul flights.
“If you’ve got a Chinese carrier that is flying over Russia, they’ve got an unfair advantage over us,” Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, told the Financial Times on Friday. Smith complained that skipping Russian airspace added “three hours in flight time” for a plane traveling from Paris to Seoul.
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, airlines often flew over Russia to connect Asia with destinations in Europe or North America. But Russia
barred many Western airlines from using its airspace last February, in retaliation for governments in Europe and North America banning Russian airlines from flying over the West.
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