Overview
- Air Tanzania announced a temporary suspension of its TC422/TC423 Dar es Salaam–Moscow service that took effect on Friday, Sept. 4, after a flight was diverted to St. Petersburg on Sept. 3 when airspace around Moscow closed.
- The airline said the decision followed a routine, route-by-route risk assessment and that safety considerations took priority over commercial interests for passengers and crew.
- Ukraine’s warning that its intensified drone campaign has made Russian skies unsafe prompted the UN aviation agency ICAO to urge member states to protect civilian flights, putting formal pressure on carriers to review operations.
- Russia’s Transportation Ministry said civil aviation authorities were coordinating with the military to limit disruption, and President Putin publicly condemned Kyiv’s warning as a form of state terrorism.
- Other carriers and flight trackers have reported diversions and schedule adjustments while Air Tanzania later indicated services could resume the following Monday, underlining a fluid operating picture that could cause further reroutings and cancellations for travelers.