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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Longer flight times after Russia bans UK airlines from airspace

Virgin Atlantic plane
Virgin Atlantic says the flight ban will increase flight times to India and Pakistan by up to an hour. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

UK airlines face higher fuel costs and longer journey times on flights to Asia and beyond after Russia banned British carriers from its airspace.

The move came in swift response to Boris Johnson’s decision to ban Russian national carrier Aeroflot from landing in the UK as part of a range of new sanctions against Moscow.

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