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KLM suspended its flights to Ukraine “until further notice”, the Dutch flag carrier reported, amid fears of a Russian invasion of that Eastern European country.
“The next flight to the capital [ucraniana] Kiev is scheduled for tonight, but it will not take place,” KLM said, adding that this decision was made after a flight safety analysis issued a “red alert” for that air link.
“There will be no more flights in Ukrainian airspace until further notice,” the company said.
The Netherlands, like other European countries such as Germany, Belgium and Italy, urged their citizens to leave Ukraine.
The United States believes that Russia, which concentrated more than 100,000 soldiers on the border with Ukraine, could invade the former Soviet republic at any time.
Russia denies any warlike intent, and President Vladimir Putin has called the accusations “provocative speculation.”
In July 2014, a Malaysia Airlines plane taking off from Amsterdam was shot down by a surface-to-air missile as it flew over pro-Russian breakaway territory in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board Flight MH17 perished.
Moscow denied any involvement in that tragedy.
Three people of Russian and Ukrainian nationality are tried in absentia in the Netherlands as allegedly responsible for the downing.
