In parallel with the growing geopolitical tensions between a number of Western countries, including Australia and the US, and China, the number of potentially dangerous confrontations between the armed forces involved is increasing. A few days ago there was a confrontation between Chinese and Western military aircraft in the sea area around China, as Chinese […]
Masks are still compulsory on flights to and from Germany. The air traffic association demands that passengers should in future decide for themselves whether they want to wear mouth and nose protection or not. The nationwide mask requirement on airplanes is declared as necessary in the German Infection Protection Act (IfSG) for the time being […]
Apr 29, 2022 6:02 p.m Turkey is blocking its airspace to all Russian military and civilian planes bound for Syria and has informed Russia of this in advance. It is not clear if this ban is aimed at preventing the possible deployment of Syrian fighters to Ukraine. Turkey had already warned Russia before blocking Russian […]
Apr 22, 2022 8:04 p.m The head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin warns of sanctions-related GPS disruptions in Russian aircraft and suggests using a domestic navigation system as an alternative. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, has suggested on his Telegram channel that the planes operated in Russia […]
3 mar 2022 10:50 p.m In response to Western sanctions against Russian airlines, Moscow may nationalize aircraft leased in the West, Russian media reports. According to officials, jets produced in the West account for 72 percent of all Russian air traffic. Russian Transport Ministry officials have reportedly discussed the possibility of nationalizing Airbus and Boeing […]
3 mar 2022 9:51 p.m Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called for further support from Western countries. The Ukrainian army is far inferior to the Russian army. But capitulation is out of the question. At a press conference, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy accused the western states of having helped Ukraine too late. The Ukrainian army was […]
3 Feb 2022 8:45 p.m Amid mounting Houthi retaliatory attacks on facilities in the United Arab Emirates, US Secretary of Defense Austin has announced a decision to deploy warplanes and a destroyer to the region. The Ansarullah movement (Houthi militias) in Yemen fired rockets at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) three times in a short […]
24 Jan 2022 8:52 am According to The New York Times, the US is considering expanding its military presence in Eastern Europe amid “increasing fears about Russian action”. Biden could decide this week to send up to 5,000 soldiers to Europe. US President Joe Biden is considering the possibility of stationing several thousand US soldiers, […]