Airlines
Russia-Ukraine Standoff Poses Real Dangers to Aviation
Security group Osprey Flight Solutions uses technology and past experience to unravel the risk management equation for aircraft operators in danger zones.
A FlightRadar24 map published on February 15 shows the extent to which airline traffic has been avoiding overflights of Ukraine in recent days as military tensions with Russian continue. (Image: FlightRadar24)
A FlightRadar24 map published on February 15 shows the extent to which airline traffic has been avoiding overflights of Ukraine in recent days as military tensions with Russian continue. (Image: FlightRadar24)

While disruption to air transport links in and around Ukraine has so far been relatively limited, behind-the-scenes airlines and business aircraft operators have been scrambling to determine how they can ensure the safety of their operations with the threat of a Russian invasion of the country still looming large. The risk management equation is complex and fast-changing, leaving companies to take their cues largely from advisories issued by their own governments in the absence of coordinated multi-lateral decision-making by bodies such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).