In its forecast until 2029, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) predicts that restrictions on flights in the airspace of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova will remain.
As European Pravda writes, this is stated in the organization's seven-year forecast.
It is noted that the aviation industry continues to recover after the coronavirus pandemic, but the key factors that slow down this process are the Russian invasion of Ukraine, restrictions on domestic flights for environmental reasons, lack of personnel at airports and related strikes.
"Restrictions in Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian and Moldovan airspace will remain in effect until the end of the forecast horizon (2029)," the document says.
The document clarifies that it is about returning to the usual flight routes.
Among the key factors of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine affects civil aviation, Eurocontrol cites the general deterioration of the economic situation, in particular, the lowering of GDP growth forecasts due to disruptions in energy supply chains, high inflation and a drop in the general level of confidence.
It is also noted that the aviation industry continues to recover after the coronavirus pandemic.
As it is known, Ukraine completely closed its airspace for civilian aircraft on February 24. Soon the EU countries and the USA closed their skies to Russian aircraft. Russia later retaliated.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in September, WizzAir flew its commercial aircraft from Lviv, which was stuck there at the beginning of a full-scale war, to Poland. In December, two Turkish Airbus A400M military transport aircraft were able to return home.
Meanwhile, Wizz Air has suspended flights to/from Chisinau International Airport in the Republic of Moldova since March 14.
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