“War-what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” Edwin Starr sang it in 1970. His thesis is about to be proved again in Ukraine.
Ukrainian air space was abruptly shut down to civilian aircraft on February 24, according to Flightradar24. That was just hours before a Russian assault was launched on that country.
Earlier this week, Ukraine said that around ten airlines (including Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, and Air France) had stopped flying there amid warnings of an attack by Russian forces. But as late as February 22, Ukraine insisted its air corridors were still open and flying was safe.
While airlines will have to deal with longer flights
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