The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, told Russian air carriers to avoid flights in the airspace of Iraq, Iran, the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, Russian news agencies reported on Jan. 8.
Reuters: Russia tells its air carriers to avoid flights over Iraq, Iran, Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Russian Vim-Avia carrier's plane is parked at the Domodedovo airport outside Moscow on October 10, 2017.
Vim-Avia, Russia's 10th largest carrier in terms of passenger numbers, has said it is planning to go into receivership due to financial hardship. The airline cancelled flights over the last days, with some 200,000 passengers were affected. The head of Russia's civil aviation agency, Alexander Neradko, said that Vim-Avia has debts of around 7 billion rubles ($120 million).
