BBC Online :
Russian airlines face a near-total airspace blockade to the country’s west after an EU official said most European countries are set to impose flight bans.
A formal decision is expected on the measure later on Sunday.
One by one, European countries said they were closing their airspace, including Germany for three months.
With airspace curbs over Ukraine, Russian flights now have few route options for westbound journeys.
Departure boards at Moscow’s Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports showed dozens of cancellations on Sunday, including flights to Paris, Vienna and Kaliningrad.
Russia’s S7 Airlines said on Facebook it would cancel flights to many of its European destinations until at least 13 March.
Aeroflot, Russia’s biggest airline, said it would cancel its services to Latvia and Romania until at least 26 March, and its Prague and Warsaw routes until 28 March.
