SEOUL: Korean Air Lines Co., the flag carrier of South Korea, announced on Tuesday that it will ban flights to Russia until the end of April, citing safety concerns in the wake of Moscow's escalating invasion of Ukraine.

Korean Air has announced that passenger flights to Moscow and Vladivostok, as well as cargo flights to Europe via Moscow, will be temporarily halted until the end of the month, as per reports.

Some flights from Incheon to Europe and the United States will take a diversion to avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace, according to the report. Routes to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, Boston, and Toronto are all affected.

According to the company, flights to the cities will take up to three hours longer. Air Busan Co., a budget carrier subsidiary of Asiana Airlines Inc., announced on Tuesday that it will cancel six flights on the Incheon-Vladivostok route from March 19 to April 15 for the same reasons.

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