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COLUMN: Moscow Cancels, the ICAO Is Notified, Warsaw Closes a Sector of Airspace
Maxime Marquette

Primary Sources:

International Civil Aviation Organization, Declaration on the Sovereignty of States over Their Airspace and on Safety Assessments: Article 1 of the Chicago Convention, Annex 11, Decision on Overflight Left to the Parties Concerned, December 1, 2025

International Civil Aviation Organization, Declaration on the Safety and Security of Air Operations: Assembly Resolution A42-4, Annex 11, Assessment of Conflict Zones within the Jurisdiction of Member States, March 2, 2026

International Civil Aviation Organization, appeal by Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar: long-range weapons, drones, satellite signal jamming, modern air defense systems, Article 3 bis of the Chicago Convention, April 22, 2026

European Aviation Safety Agency, Conflict Zone Bulletin 2025-01 R2 on the airspace of the Russian Federation: all altitudes west of 60° E, flight regions of Moscow, Rostov, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Samara, published January 9, 2025

European Aviation Safety Agency, Update to its Recommendation on Russian Airspace: Do Not Operate West of 60° East Longitude at All Altitudes, January 9, 2025

European Aviation Safety Agency, reference page for conflict zone bulletins and the European Integrated Risk Assessment Group, accessed September 3, 2026

Secondary Sources:

Kyiv Independent, flight cancellations at Moscow airports: 21 flights canceled and 235 delayed at Sheremetyevo, 22 and 94 at Vnukovo, with nearly all flights affected on the afternoon of September 3, September 3, 2026

Kyiv Independent, What We Know About Ukraine’s Plan to Close Russian Airspace: Operation Carpet launched in the spring of 2025; 217 temporary airport closures from January through May 2025; more than 60,000 passengers disrupted in May 2025, September 2, 2026

Euromaidan Press, Ukraine’s referral to the ICAO: letter from Mykola Kalachnyk, Minister of Recovery, Infrastructure, and Transport; Article 51 of the United Nations Charter; statement from the organization without endorsement, September 3, 2026

Euronews, Ukraine’s formal warning to airlines: Andrii Sybiha’s statement on increased military activity, twelve Pegasus flights canceled at Vnukovo, two Turkish Airlines departures and two arrivals, September 2, 2026

Airways, twelve Pegasus flights canceled at Vnukovo, including six arrivals and six departures; flight diverted from Antalya to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen; European bulletin extended through January 31, 2027, September 2, 2026

Aviation Week, airlines still flying over Russia, positions of Emirates and Qatar Airways, seven Russian destinations served by Turkish Airlines, Chinese carriers, Air India, Air Serbia, El Al, September 2, 2026

Insurance Business, aviation war risk market: nearly 400 leased aircraft stranded in Russia worth over $10 billion, litigation involving Chubb, Fidelis, and Lloyd’s in London, review of overflight clauses upon expiration, warning from Osprey Flight Solutions, September 2, 2026

UA.News, Moscow Declares Its Airspace Safe Despite Flight Cancellations: Remarks by Presidential Advisor Anton Kobiakov, Admission by Transportation Minister Andrei Nikitin, Restrictions in Gelendzhik, Sochi, Penza, and Saratov, Suspension of Flights to Zhukovsky, September 3, 2026

UNN, Rosaviatsia calls the Ukrainian notice illegitimate and asserts that Kyiv’s documents have no legal force and violate the Convention on International Civil Aviation, September 2, 2026

UNN, ICAO statement on civil aviation safety during wartime, Article 3 bis and Resolution A42-4, Aeroflot stock down more than 5%, September 3, 2026

Russian Tourism News, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Vnukovo airports closed in the morning; restrictions lifted around noon; schedule adjustments by Aeroflot and S7; passengers advised to check flight status before departure, September 3, 2026

United24 Media, closure of a section of Polish airspace along the border: EP R134 zone from ground level to flight level 95, September 10 through December 9, 2026, total nighttime ban, September 3, 2026

Defence24, new flight restrictions on Poland’s eastern border: EP R134 replacing EP R131, day and night exceptions, Depultycze Krolewskie Airfield, September 3, 2026

MILMAG, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency establishes the EP R134 zone in the eastern part of the country at the request of the Armed Forces Operational Command, September 3, 2026

Gazeta Prawna, press release from the Polish Operational Command: airspace security in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, freedom of action for air defense, limited impact on civil aviation, September 3, 2026

Safe Airspace, database of national advisories on Russian airspace: European bulletin valid through January 31, 2027; U.S. ban within a 160-nautical-mile radius effective February 24, 2022; German, French, Canadian, and Italian advisories; accessed September 3, 2026

TASS, report by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin: 143 drones destroyed on the outskirts of the city between the morning of September 2 and noon on September 3, September 3, 2026

ABC News, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the first airlines are suspending flights to Russian airports; Vladimir Putin’s reaction; statement from Rosaviatsia, September 3, 2026

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