All Moscow airports suspend aircraft arrivals, departures

Temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been imposed at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo airports, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) reported.

"Temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been imposed at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo airports," Rosaviatsiya noted in a statement 

Meanwhile, the air alert has been canceled at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, the air hub said in a statement on Friday.

"The air alert has been canceled. Passengers are returning from shelters, and terminal gates are now open," the statement reads.

Airport services are navigating passengers, and all staff of the airport and airlines are now in their workplaces, the airport added.

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