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JUN 07, 2004 (newstodate): Another victim of Russia's policy of levying heavy tolls on flights through its airspace, Ukrainean AeroSvit has re-routed its flights between Kiev and Beijing.
Originally planned to take the short-cut through Russian airspace, the AeroSvit route now avoids Russia and takes a southern route instead in a protest against the high overflight charges, accepting rather the penalty on longer flight time and more costs.
In retaliation Ukraine has closed its airspace to Aeroflot's planned expansion of frequencies on its routes to Athens during the Olympics.
Originally planned to take the short-cut through Russian airspace, the AeroSvit route now avoids Russia and takes a southern route instead in a protest against the high overflight charges, accepting rather the penalty on longer flight time and more costs.
In retaliation Ukraine has closed its airspace to Aeroflot's planned expansion of frequencies on its routes to Athens during the Olympics.