Airspace closures send airlines on detours, add to cargo woes

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Airlines on Monday braced for a potentially lengthy sanctions war after the EU banned Russian airlines and Moscow pledged to retaliate. Dozens of flights were cancelled or sent on costly detours as the crisis hit airline shares. The rerouting meant Kazakhstan’s airspace saw a tripling of flights to more than 450. Airline industry executives said they were expecting Russia to ban their use of routes crossing the country after the European Union on Sunday banned Russian airlines as fighting raged in Ukraine. On Monday, the Kremlin said there would be a respo…

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