Turkmenistan's leading airline, Turkmenistan Airlines, has announced that it will extend the recently introduced suspension of flights to Moscow until the end of October, citing security concerns following an increase in drone attacks on the Russian capital.
"To ensure the safety of flights," the airline's announcement reads, the suspension of Ashgabat-Moscow flights will be in effect until October 28 "based on a risk assessment due to the situation in the Moscow airspace."
The suspension of flights was initially announced on Wednesday, when it was planned to last until August 22.
In the Saturday announcement of the airline, it is stated that the planes from Ashgabat, instead of going to Moscow, will fly to the city of Kazan, which is 700 kilometers away from Moscow.
A drone struck an office building in central Moscow for the second time in 48 hours on Tuesday, and Russian authorities blamed Ukraine for it.
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