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Bobby Taylor
November 03, 2017 at 9:09 amAfter the Russian shoot down of MH17 all Russian aircraft should be banned from European airspace. There is very little Russia-Europe traffic. Most it is the overfly of Russian airspace. The Russians would probably ban these flights in retaliation.
But Russian airspace is easily avoidable using the southern routes.