A passenger plane in the skyMOSCOW, Mar 14Russia resumes flights with Indonesia and China interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic from March 14. This was reported on February 25 by the operational headquarters to combat the spread of coronavirus. At the same time, most domestic airlines have limited flights abroad due to the risk of aircraft arrests. Whether any Russian or foreign airlines will operate these flights is still unknown. As the operational headquarters reported, flights are allowed on the following routes from Monday: Indonesia on the Moscow-Denpasar route with a frequency of three flights a week; China on the routes Moscow — Beijing, Moscow — Guangzhou and Moscow — Shanghai with a frequency of one flight per week on each route. In addition, from March 14, Russia increases the permitted number of flights with 16 states. We are talking about increasing the number of flights with countries such as Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bahrain, Vietnam, India, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan. recommended that Russian airlines with aircraft in foreign registries suspend flights abroad from March 6, from abroad — from March 8. The agency noted that, in addition to restrictions on the use of airspace, foreign states participating in sanctions measures introduce additional restrictions: arrests or detentions of aircraft of Russian airlines registered abroad and owned by foreign lessors. The restrictions do not affect Russian airlines that operate aircraft of a foreign or Russian registration and there are no risks of arrest or detention, as well as foreign airlines of countries that have not joined the sanctions and have not restricted air traffic with the Russian Federation. >The Ministry of Transport proposed to keep foreign aircraft and pay for them in rubles
