INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot said Saturday that it was suspending all its international flights beginning March 8, as Moscow faces
waves of Western sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine.An Aeroflot statement on the "temporary suspension of all international
flights from March 8," cited new "circumstances that impede the operation of flights," noting that all domestic routes would continue
planes registered in foreign countries cease flights abroad in order to avoid the seizure of the planes in connection with Western
sanctions.As a result, such flights overseas are due to cease at 21:00 GMT on Saturday, and flights from abroad at 21:00 GMT on Monday,
the aircraft of Russian companies abroad," he added.More than half of the commercial aircraft in Russia are leased, according to Aviation
Week, an industry publication.Rosaviatsia also recommended Russians seeking to return home from foreign countries arrange flights transiting
through countries that had not joined sanctions, such as Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, the UAE, Turkey and Serbia.Another Russian
carrier, S7, announced the suspension of all its international flights due to sanctions imposed on Russia over the country's invasion of
carrier Aeroflot was banned from the airspace of the entire EU, the United Kingdom and Canada, forcing it to suspend flights to these
