U.S. carriers have lost much of their air traffic to Asian airlines due to US impossed Russian sanctions. - Instead of appealing to the U.S. government to take back the sanctions, they ask to sanction the Asian carriers.

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U.S. carriers have lost much of their air traffic to Asian airlines due to US impossed Russian sanctions. - Instead of appealing to the U.S. government to take back the sanctions, they ask to sanction the Asian carriers. (archive.md)

Flights on U.S. carriers from the U.S. to India, which previously crossed Siberia, now have to take other routes:

Airlines for America estimated the lost annual market share of U.S. carriers at a collective $2 billion per year.

Russia closed its airspace for U.S. and European carriers not because of the war in Ukraine but because the U.S. and its NATO proxies closed their airspace for Russian carriers. To mislead about that, as the opener of NYT piece does, is a disservice to the reader. Flights on U.S. carriers from the U.S. to India, which previously crossed Siberia, now have to take other routes: Airlines for America estimated the lost annual market share of U.S. carriers at a collective $2 billion per year.

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