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Oct 31, 2007 (newstodate): Germany and Russia have come to terms over air cargo traffic between the two countries after an abrupt suspension of traffic rights during last weekend.
The rift was caused by Lufthansa Cargo's refusal to pay what it considered exhorbitant en-route fees for the use of Russian airspace on flights between Germany and the Far East via Tashkent, Astana and Almaty.
As a temporary measure Lufthansa Cargo re-routed its flights to avoid Russian airspace at the penalty of several hours' extra flying time.
German civil aviation authorities followed up by refusing Aeroflot Cargo to operate into German airspace, depriving the carrier of the use of its European hub at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Eventally the problems were solved late on October 30, and the German and Russian carriers are again operating as normally.
The underlying issue will be the main topic at the forthcoming EU/Russia Aviation Summit in Moscow in November, 2007.
The rift was caused by Lufthansa Cargo's refusal to pay what it considered exhorbitant en-route fees for the use of Russian airspace on flights between Germany and the Far East via Tashkent, Astana and Almaty.
As a temporary measure Lufthansa Cargo re-routed its flights to avoid Russian airspace at the penalty of several hours' extra flying time.
German civil aviation authorities followed up by refusing Aeroflot Cargo to operate into German airspace, depriving the carrier of the use of its European hub at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Eventally the problems were solved late on October 30, and the German and Russian carriers are again operating as normally.
The underlying issue will be the main topic at the forthcoming EU/Russia Aviation Summit in Moscow in November, 2007.