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Thai Airways adjusts routes to Europe after MH17 strategy

Thai Airways International has adjusted all flight paths to Europe , avoiding Ukrainian air space.


Thai Airways International has adjusted all flight paths to Europe , avoiding Ukrainian air space.

Thisfollows the strategic incident of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17with 295 passengers on board, which was apparently shot down in easternUkraine while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur .

ThaiAirways has immediately announced that all its flights to Europe havebeen adjusted and Thai passenger aircraft do not pass through Ukrainianair space.

However, flight times will increase by about 30 minutes due to the indirect routes.-VNA
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