European Union Aviation Safety Agency: Conflict Zone Information Bulletin

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Issued date
24/02/2022

Revision no 2 dated 24 February 2022, 18:05 UTC

Affected Airspace
All altitudes / flight levels of the following Flight Information Regions: FIR LVIV (UKLV), FIR KYIV (UKBV), UIR KYIV (UKBU), FIR DNIPROPETROVSK (UKDV), FIR SIMFEROPOL (UKFV), FIR ODESA (UKOV)
All altitudes / flight levels of the FIR CHISINAU (LUUU)
All altitudes / flight levels of the airspace within 200NM surrounding the borders with Ukraine in the FIR MOSCOW (UUWW) and FIR Rostov (URRV)
All altitudes / flight levels of the FIR ROSTOV (URRV).

Affected Countries
Ukraine
Russia
Moldova
Belarus
Applicability
Applies to operators EUROCONTROL Network Manager

Description
1. Air operators:
- subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) 965/2012, planning to conduct operations in the affected airspace (EASA operators).
- third Country Operators authorised by EASA, when conducting operations under their TCO authorisation to, from and within the EU (TCO operators).

2. EUROCONTROL Network Manager

Recommendation(s)
Operators should not operate within the aforementioned airspace, including landing and departures from airports located in the affected airspace.

Additionally, operators should exercise caution when operating in the whole FIR Moscow (UUWV) due to heightened military activity which may include launches of mid-range missiles penetrating into controlled airspace.

Operators are reminded that operations within FIR MINSK (UMMV) are prohibited in accordance with EASA Safety Directives SD-2021-02 and SD-2021-03.

Latest operational information on ‘Closures and warnings’ issued by means of ICAO State Letters, NOTAMs, AICs/AIPs, EASA CZIB may be found in the Network Manager NOP Portal (password protected version).

The Network Manager will publish the warning information on the Network Manager NOP Portal (public version) informing all Aircraft Operators about the Warning and direct them to the Network Manager NOP Portal (password protected version). In case a State or EASA, as competent authority, has implemented measures prohibiting the operators under its responsibility to use the affected airspace, the Network Manager should reject the FPLs where operations in that airspace are planned.

The situation remains fluid and subject to rapid change. EASA will monitor the developments in respect of this case and will adjust the recommendations accordingly.