Military Conflict Is Taking A Toll On Commercial Air Travel

SAS AIRBUS A320 NEO
Credit: Rob Finlayson
Airlines have started the year rerouting and canceling flights to avoid airspace corridors suddenly in the center of actual or feared military actions. In some cases, airline pilots have even had to make sharp inflight maneuvers to avoid hitting military aircraft. Regardless of the rights or wrongs...
Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Network Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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