The government of Russia's second city announce the closure of St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport on its official Telegram channel without providing a reason for the suspension.
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia’s defense ministry said it had carried out air defense drills involving interceptor jets after St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport was forced to suspend all flights on Tuesday, February 28, for an hour.
City officials said later on Tuesday that flights had resumed and that a temporary airspace ban within a 200-kilomeetr radius of Pulkovo had been lifted by 1200 local time . “During the training, air defence forces worked on the detection, interception and identification of targets, as well as interacting with emergency services and law enforcement agencies,” Russian news agencies cited the ministry as saying.
Data from the FlightRadar24 website showed several flights headed for St Petersburg turning back to their destinations early on Tuesday, while the airspace closure also affected flights en route to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which requires planes to fly over St. Petersburg.
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