KLM not to China, Korea and Japan for a while | Financial

According to a KLM spokesperson, it is not yet ‘considered’ possible alternatives for the routes to Japan, China and South Korea. There was a KLM aircraft at a number of destinations. The crew will partly fly back to the Netherlands with another airline.

The airline could then fly to destinations in northern Asia via the Middle East, for example, but this costs more time and fuel. The schedule has been suspended until Thursday. More than ten years ago, KLM was not allowed to fly over Russia for a while as a punishment, and that cost the airline millions at the time. The airline is still in financial difficulties as a result of the corona crisis.

‘Alternative routes’

The Netherlands will close its airspace to Russian airlines on Sunday evening. A spokesperson for Airbridgecargo says that it will come to Schiphol one more time on Sunday to pick up cargo. Air France, KLM’s sister company, will also cancel flights to Russia from Sunday. It also cancels flights to Korea, Japan and China. “We are studying alternative routes,” said Paris.

KLM canceled two flights to Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Saturday. It became clear to KLM on Saturday morning that no more spare parts could be taken along for its own use as a result of sanctions. As a result, KLM can no longer guarantee the safety of flights to Russia or through Russian airspace. Air France, on the other hand, flew over Russia on Sunday morning.

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