The temporary ban on flights to 11 airports in the southern and central part of Russia has been extended until May 13, Report informs referring to Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya).

Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are temporarily restricted. Russian airlines are recommended to organize the transportation of passengers on alternative routes using the airports of Sochi, Volgograd, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol and Moscow. The rest of the Russian airports are working in their usual mode.

The ban on flights to airports in the southern and central part of Russia has been in effect since February 24.