# Air Tanzania becomes first airline to suspend Moscow flights amid Ukrainian threat to ‘close’ Russian skies

https://mins.news/en/item/45150

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-04 09:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/first-airline-cancels-flights-to-moscow-amid-ukrainian-threat-to-close-russias-skies/

> Air Tanzania has temporarily halted flights between Dar es Salaam and Moscow, citing safety considerations after one of its Zanzibar–Moscow flights diverted to St. Petersburg when airspace around the Russian capital was closed. The move follows Volodymyr Zelensky’s warning that Russian airspace would become effectively closed and unsafe amid intensified Ukrainian drone activity.

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