The French airline Air France canceled two flights from Paris to Kiev and back, scheduled for February 22, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the air carrier.
“Air France constantly monitors the development of the geopolitical situation in the territories it serves in order to ensure the highest level of flight safety. Due to the situation on the ground [in Ukraine] and as a precautionary measure, flights AF1752 and AF1753 to and from Kiev on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, have been canceled,” company representative Mathieu Guillot said.
Flight AF1752 is scheduled to arrive in Kiev tomorrow at 13:50 and depart at 14:50 back to Paris. At the moment, both flights are indicated on the online scoreboard of the Boryspil International Airport in Kiev. In addition, flight AF3375 is expected to depart for Paris at 9:45 and flight AF3374 is expected to arrive from the French capital at 17:35.
On February 19, it became known that German Lufthansa canceled all its flights from Kiev to Frankfurt, Zurich, Vienna from February 21 to 28. In turn, Vueling Airline has stopped all flights from Paris to Kiev until February 28.
Earlier, Norwegian Airlines suspended flights over the territory of Ukraine.
Recall that since February 17, the situation on the contact line in Donbass has worsened. The evacuation of civilians of the DPR and LPR to the territory of Russia has begun. On the morning of February 21, it is known about 61 thousand refugees who arrived in the Rostov region.