In today’s episode of “goodness, geopolitics is complicated,” airlines from Taiwan have officially once again started using Russian airspace, nearly five years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As you’d expect, there’s a rather complicated reason for this.

Airlines from Taiwan are again using Russian airspace

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Airlines from Taiwan are again using Russian airspace

In February 2022, we saw Russia invade Ukraine. Obviously this has had far-reaching implications that go way beyond aviation, including an unconscionable death toll. But as it impacts aviation, perhaps the biggest implication has been that airlines from many countries have stopped using Russian airspace.

Airlines from some countries were banned, due to reciprocal measures put in place by Russia.…