The French airline Air France announced on Monday the suspension of the two flights it had planned for this Tuesday to and from Kiev “as a precaution”, given the situation in Ukraine. The company said in a statement that it regularly follows the situation in that country and that it will adapt to it. Air France justified this decision because “the safety of flights, customers and crew is an absolute imperative.” Until now, the French airline had two weekly connections with Kiev, one on Tuesdays and one on Sundays.
The decision comes a week after the Dutch airline KLM, with which Air France has an alliance, suspended its flights to Kiev from Amsterdam, while signaling that its planes would not fly over Ukrainian airspace.
France recommended last Saturday to French residents in Ukraine to leave the country due to the tension that exists due to the presence of Russian troops on its borders. A decision that the United States and several European countries had already taken before.