Delta announced over the weekend that it has withdrawn its codeshare services operated in conjunction with Russian national airline, Aeroflot, effective immediately.
The airline removed its code from Aeroflot-operated services beyond Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and removed Aeroflot’s code from Delta-operated services from Los Angeles and New York-JFK. Accommodations will be made for customers affected by these changes.
Delta does not operate services to Ukraine or Russia.
The airline made the move as a result of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which has also caused several tour operators to cancel or alter itineraries, while the same is happening on the cruise front.
In other airline news, according to Bloomberg, most European countries have closed their airspace to Russian airlines. Russia followed suit by then banning European Union carriers from its airspace. Russian air space was a common route between Europe and Asia. Dutch carrier KLM, according to the report, is examining alternative routes for currently canceled flights to such destinations as Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo.
Along with Europe, Canada has banned Russian aircraft from its air space. This resulted in a New York-JFK-bound Aeroflot flight being turned back over the Atlantic once it hit Canadian territory, according to the Independent. The what should have been nearly 11-hour flight totaled about eight hours but landed back in Moscow where it took off. According to the report, the aircraft likely would not have had enough fuel to make it to New York if it were rerouted and had to turn back.
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