It is reported that Norwegian airlines’ rival - SAS (Scandinvian Airlines)- is entitled to fly over Russian territory to Asia, but Norwegian airlines has not received such permission.
"Norway has asked Russia why the neighbor in the East does not authorize Norwegian to fly over Russia to Thailand," a statement says.
The Norwegian Ministry of Transport has not made conclusions about the reasons of this ban yet.
"The Russian authorities are aware that according to the current agreements between the two countries, a refusal from entitling the Norwegian companies to fly over the Russian territory may cause bad consequences for Russian carriers whose planes fly over Norway," a representative of the Norwegian ministry said in an interview with Dagens Naringsliv.
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