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In response to "U.S. considering following EU, Canada in barring Russian airlines from its airspace but has made not decisions. -- (link)" by ty97

Almost certainly what they must be contemplating: Russia will close their airspace right back, making many US-Asia flights quite a bit longer.

Posted by ty97 Feb 27 '22, 14:29

The US airlines are probably begging DC to NOT close our airspace to Russia. I'm not sure how much Russia even needs to fly over our airspace. But US airline flights to Asia definitely fly over Russia in many cases.

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U.S. to Asia flights from the East Coast, right? Doesn't the rest of the country fly West? -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 27, 15:27 2
- Great Circle routes to Beijing, Thailand, India, go over northern Russia. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 15:33 1
  - Ah, ok. -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 27, 15:44

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Almost certainly what they must be contemplating: Russia will close their airspace right back, making many US-Asia flights quite a bit longer.

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