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Jul 03, 2019 (newstodate): A row in air traffic has developed between Russia and the Czech Republic, causing a temporary restriction to flights between Moscow and Prague.
   The core of the dispute is the Czech dissatisfaction with the terms offered to Czech Airlines CSA for flights on the Trans-Siberian air corridors on the route between Prague and  Seoul, in South Korea.
   The Czech authorities thus revoked the Russian carriers' flights permissions, citing Russia's breach of the parity rule, causing Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Pobeda to cancel most of Tuesday's flights between the two destinations.
   A statement from the Czech Ministry of Transport reads:
   -The current situation in air transport between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation is the result of the lack of agreement between the air authorities of both parties. In this context, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation unilaterally restricted the right to fly to the Siberian part of the Russian Federation for Czech Airlines, a.s. on their route between Prague and Seoul, which the Czech carrier used for a long time. The Czech side considers this step a violation of the existing arrangements and consequently reduced the rights of Russian air carriers in accordance with the 1966 Air Transport Agreement.
   Traffic has now been resumed, and the parties have agreed to negotiate a final solution.