Internal note from Flexport's air team:
Team - Things are rapidly evolving in Europe as Russia advances on Ukraine. There will be impacts to aviation that could be far reaching but we do not know to what extent at this time. /1
Team - Things are rapidly evolving in Europe as Russia advances on Ukraine. There will be impacts to aviation that could be far reaching but we do not know to what extent at this time. /1
What we do know is that the FAA and EASA have issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen/Air Missions) that essentially places all of Ukraine and Russian air space off limits to commercial flights due to severe safety risks. /2
We all know what happened to the Malaysian 777 several years ago that was shot down in the region a few years ago. All flights between Asia and Northern Europe will need to be rerouted via new southerly routings over Saudi Arabia and these are happening real time. /3
The result will be extensive delays and potential cancellations as airline’s grapple with this new reality of airspace. For example, our new far east west-bound freighter service from Hong Kong to Maastrict has been delayed several hours as the flight was rerouted over /4
the Middle East to avoid all Russian airspace. We will keep everyone updated but feel free to copy this message and send it to your customers. /5
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