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Hopefully this is the wake-up call for emirates, Qatar, Turkish, and air India to stop flying over Russian airspace permanently.
by kylehotchkiss 2y ago
Hopefully this is the wake-up call for emirates, Qatar, Turkish, and air India to stop flying over Russian airspace permanently.
- xenospn 2y agoI wonder if airlines have insurance for this sort of thing.
- dragonwriter 2y agoYes, airlines apparently regularly have coverage that would apply to this “sort of thing” (war risk), however, insurers fo place limits on it based on geopolitical circumstances (post-9/11, it became very hard to get privately and Congress mandated the FAA offer it for US carriers as part of a wide set of measures designed to prevent the collapse of the American airline industry; relieving them of liability risk of security failures by nationalizing travel security with the TSA was also one of these measures.) Relevant to the current case, international insurers have apparently recently imposed geographical limits as part ofnthe standard terms for such insurance (though special policies can be negotiated) excluding (with some exceptions) losses related to operations in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Not really sure what specific insurance the particular carrier here has or how being shot over Russia but crashing in Kazakhstan has on the application of any geographic limits that may have applied.
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoIt’s my understanding that this insurance all somehow goes back to Lloyd’s of London but maybe there’s a Dubai based entity in there now too. Which means theoretically USA could push its might to stop Russia overflights. I’ve found it really unusual they haven’t - especially considering Air India’s 2 Arctic diversions the past few years on flights to/from USA (questionable to what extent any of their staff were actually trained in arctic ops)