FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Lufthansa group is suspending flights to and from the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odessa, a spokesperson mentioned on Saturday amid rising fears of a doable Russian invasion.
The corporate, which owns Germany’s flagship service in addition to Eurowings, Swiss, Brussels and Austrian Airways, will conduct some final flights to these cities over the weekend earlier than suspending flights from Monday till the tip of the month, the spokesperson mentioned.
It should proceed to fly to town of Lviv in western Ukraine the place some nations have moved their embassies, the spokesperson mentioned. Lufthansa is continually monitoring the state of affairs and can resolve on additional flights at a later date.
Lufthansa follows a number of different European airways which have already canceled companies to and from Ukraine.
Germany’s overseas ministry earlier on Saturday instructed its nationals to depart the nation.
(Reporting by Hans Seidenstuecker in Frankfurt; Writing by Sarah Marsh, Modifying by Thomas Escritt)
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