Emirates Airline has defended its decision to continue its flights to Russia saying that people and government decisions should not be conflated.
Emirates Airline has defended its decision to continue its flights to Russia even as other international carriers have halted service, saying that people and government decisions should not be conflated.
"At least we're doing a job. We're connecting people between the two countries," said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.Many major international airlines, including British Airways and, moved to suspend flights to Russia earlier this year in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. The move was swiftly reciprocated by Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot, which halted all international flights — except to Belarus.
Dubai-owned Emirates is one of few major airlines to continue its direct flight service to Russia as other carriers cease operations over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.Still, the United Arab Emirates has been reluctant to take sides in the ongoing war, and has so far resisted sanctioning Moscow. "That is a government decision. We haven't got any instruction really to stop flights there," he said.
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