Eurocontrol says closing of airspace in Eastern Ukraine to affect 350 flights

Eurocontrol says closing of airspace in Eastern Ukraine to affect 350 flightsA temporary suspension of civil aviation traffic above eastern Ukraine will affect 350 flights daily but passengers are unlikely to experience any serious inconvenience, Europe’s air traffic control service Eurocontrol said on Friday, RIA Novosti reports. Given that at least 30-40 air carriers regularly fly their aircraft above Ukrainian airspace, the temporary suspension of air traffic will affect 350 flights daily, or 1 percent of all European civil aviation traffic, RIA Novosti reports citing Brian Flynn, the head of Performance, Forecasting and Relations in the organization’s Network Management Directorate (NMD). The move will also make air traffic in neighboring Poland, Bulgaria and Turkey more intense, the official said, adding that passengers were unlikely to be seriously affected by the move because it would cause minimal flight delays, if any.A temporary suspension of civil aviation traffic above eastern Ukraine will affect 350 flights daily but passengers are unlikely to experience any serious inconvenience, Europe’s air traffic control service Eurocontrol said on Friday, RIA Novosti reports. Given that at least 30-40 air carriers regularly fly their aircraft above Ukrainian airspace, the temporary suspension of air traffic will affect 350 flights daily, or 1 percent of all European civil aviation traffic, RIA Novosti reports citing Brian Flynn, the head of Performance, Forecasting and Relations in the organization’s Network Management Directorate (NMD). The move will also make air traffic in neighboring Poland, Bulgaria and Turkey more intense, the official said, adding that passengers were unlikely to be seriously affected by the move because it would cause minimal flight delays, if any.