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Vietnamese airlines already build safe air traffic routes amid Russia-Ukraine tensions

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on February 24 officially issued a press release regarding the impact of the Russia – Ukraine situation on Vietnamese airlines’ international routes.
Vietnamese airlines already build safe air traffic routes amid Russia-Ukraine tensions ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority ofVietnam (CAAV) on February 24 officially issued a press release regarding theimpact of the Russia – Ukraine situation on Vietnamese airlines’ internationalroutes.

Accordingly, the local carriers have proactively built airtraffic routes and arranged alternate airports to avoid areas where the war mayoccur, ensuring the absolute safety for their flights.

Currently, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, and Bamboo Airwaysare operating regular international flights between Vietnam and 15 countriesand territories, including Cambodia, Hong Kong ( China), Japan, the Republic of Korea,Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Laos, France, Germany, the UK,Australia, Russia and the US.

Among these, there are 24 passenger and cargoflights to/from Europe (Russia, France, Germany, and the UK) per week.

CAAV Director DinhViet Thang told the Vietnam News Agency on the same day that only Vietnam Airlinesis conducting flights to/from Moscow, and the national flag carrier has for longprepared plans to fly over Russia and Western Europe, not Belarus andUkraine. Therefore, Russia-Ukraine tensions do not impact the internationalair routes operated by Vietnamese carriers, he noted.

Russian news network RT reported that many big cities ofUkraine heard big explosions on February 24 morning (Vietnam time).

Earlier the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putinannounced a special military operation to protect people in the self-proclaimedPeople’s Republic of Donetsk and People's Republic of Luhansk in Donbass,eastern Ukraine.

Reuters reported that the European Union Aviation SafetyAgency on February 24 warned airlines to avoid flying over Ukraine and exercise“extreme caution” in airspace within 185km of the Belarus - Ukraine and Russia- Ukraine borders.

The Ukrainian Government shut airports in eastern Ukrainefrom midnight through 7am due to escalating tensions. The country’s aviationauthorities also declared some airspace in the east to be “danger areas”./.
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