The most obvious impact on aviation is the closure of large amounts of airspace, notjust above ukraine, which is more than twice the size of the uk, but also russia, the world s biggest country. for decades, flights from europe to east asia have traversed russia. it s the shortest route between hundreds of city pairs. as a result, some airlines are routing flights north of russia. for example, finnair is sending some flights to japan, directly over the north pole. others are routing them south of ukraine although this can add thousands of miles and extra hours in the air. links between asia and north america are also affected, with cathay pacific saying its hong kong to new york flight could be routed over the middle east and europe rather than directly over russia and arctic canada,
Russia, the world s biggest country. for decades, flights from europe to east asia have traversed russia. it s the shortest route between hundreds of city pairs. as a result, some airlines are routing flights north of russia. for example, finnair is sending some flights to japan, directly over the north pole. others are routing them south of ukraine although this can add thousands of miles and extra hours in the air. links between asia and north america are also affected, with cathay pacific saying its hong kong to new york flight could be routed over the middle east and europe rather than directly over russia and arctic canada, turning it into the world s longest flight. longerflight times plus higher fuel prices spell sharply increased costs for airlines, and while they can t pass that
It s the shortest route between hundreds of city pairs. as a result, some airlines are routing flights north of russia. for example, finnair is sending some flights to japan, directly over the north pole. others are routing them south of ukraine although this can add thousands of miles and extra hours in the air. links between asia and north america are also affected, with cathay pacific saying its hong kong to new york flight could be routed over the middle east and europe rather than directly over russia and arctic canada, turning it into the world s longest flight. longerflight times plus higherfuel prices spell sharply increased costs for airlines, and while they can t pass that on to the passenger immediately, because of strong competition, within a few months, ifear, you could be looking
And if you want tojoin in, you can find more information on the sweny s website. hello and welcome to this month s guide. those cold, winter months are almost over in the uk but, of course, events elsewhere in europe are rightly taking our focus. i wanted to look at how things are affecting the wider world of travel at a time when we re all feeling the pinch, and look ahead to what the effects might be in the next few months. the most obvious impact on aviation is the closure of large amounts of airspace, notjust above ukraine, which is more than twice the size of the uk, but also russia, the world s biggest country. for decades, flights from europe to east asia have traversed russia.
Airspace, notjust above ukraine, which is more than twice the size of the uk, but also russia, the world s biggest country. for decades, flights from europe to east asia have traversed russia. it s the shortest route between hundreds of city pairs. as a result, some airlines are routing flights north of russia. for example, finnair is sending some flights to japan, directly over the north pole. others are routing them south of ukraine although this can add thousands of miles and extra hours in the air. links between asia and north america are also affected, with cathay pacific saying its hong kong to new york flight could be routed over the middle east and europe rather