Israeli’s flagship career El Al has canceled its flights to the Russian capital Moscow for the coming week, citing “developments in Russia’s airspace,” Anadolu Agency reports citing Israeli media.
This came a day after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 67 people on board traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in the Russian Republic of Chechnya crashed about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from the Kazakh city of Aktau, located on the Caspian Sea coast.
According to Kazakh officials, 38 people were killed in the crash of the Embraer 190 aircraft, while 29 others survived, as both Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have launched investigations into the incident.
Aviation officials attributed the cancellation decision to the crash of the Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan, the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported.