December 28th, local time, the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command announced that Russia has extended the flight ban between the United Kingdom until January 12, 2021.
According to the news, due to the worsening of the epidemic in the United Kingdom, Russia decided to extend the flight ban between the two countries until 23:59 on January 12, 2021.
Russia suspended flights to and from the United Kingdom for a week from 00:00 on the 22nd of this month after the discovery of a new strain of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom.
Previously, in order to prevent and control the epidemic, Russia stopped regular and charter air traffic with other countries from March 27 this year, and resumed regular flights with the United Kingdom in August.