Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Air India on Thursday canceled its twice-weekly Delhi-Moscow service fearing that its flight insurance may not be valid due to threat perception, the news agency reported. PTIQuoting sources.
of Air India Sources said the Delhi-Moscow flight which was scheduled to operate on Thursday has been cancelled. He said the flight was canceled because of fears that the insurance might not be valid in Russian skies.
The Russian embassy also said that Air India has stopped selling tickets on the Delhi-Moscow-Delhi route and the prospects of resuming services are uncertain.
“Dear fellow citizens. We draw your attention that the Indian airline Air India has stopped selling tickets on the Delhi-Moscow-Delhi route, the prospects of this airline resuming flights to Russia are currently uncertain,” Russian Said at the embassy. A statement reported by the Russian news agency Tass.
Flight insurance is usually provided by companies based out of Western countries. However, they banned all Russian airlines from their airspace after Russia launched a war against Ukraine on 24 February.
However, Air India was operating normal flight operations. It also participated in India’s evacuation mission ‘Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indians stranded in Ukraine.
India has not banned Russian airlines from its airspace.
In the absence of a direct Air India flight, passengers traveling to Moscow will have to use transit routes via Tashkent, Istanbul, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
With inputs from agencies.
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