“Russian airlines have been notified in advance that, from 00:00 on February 14, 2020, a temporary ban was introduced on Russian airlines to charter passenger air services from Russian to Chinese territory and vice versa,” the Rosaviatsia said in a statement.
It is specified that no restriction was introduced for Chinese airlines.
On February 4, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported that five out of 11 Russian airlines that operated to China before the epidemiological situation worsened due to the spread of coronavirus continued to fly to this country.