News / Air freight: eastbound rates soar as Euro carriers suspend or re-route

© Mikhail Varushichev

The air freight market is becoming increasingly paralysed and expensive as more airlines suspend flights – not just to Russia, but to Japan, Korea and China.

The Russian ban on EU and UK carriers using its airspace has created difficulties for European carriers flying to east Asia.

AF-KLM has now suspended flights to China, Korea and Japan, “while we study flight routes that avoid Russian airspace and that are in compliance with Dutch and international authorities’ directives”.

And other European carriers are adding ...