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Eastern Europe: Aviation

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 122670, tabled on 10 February 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport and representatives of International Civil Aviation Organization on the (a) security, (b) safety and (c) availability of international overflight routes transiting Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Answered on

21 February 2022

Officials in DfT and FCDO have been in close contact over the security and safety of regional airspace over Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and will continue to work closely with the International Civil Aviation Organisation as necessary on this. UK carriers keep their contingency planning arrangements under review.

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