Russia prohibits airlines from overflying Syria

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has banned its carriers from flying over Syria after a Nordwind Airlines Airbus A320 crew spotted combat activity and felt threatened during a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Kazan April 29. The flight landed safely. At the end of February...

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