Aeroflot suspended from SkyTeam alliance

SkyTeam and Aeroflot have agreed to temporarily suspend the airline’s SkyTeam membership. SkyTeam is working to limit the impact on customers and will inform those affected by any changes to SkyTeam’s benefits and services.

In a brief statement, the alliance says it and Aeroflot have agreed to temporarily suspend the airline’s membership in SkyTeam. Aeroflot has been a member of SkyTeam since April 2006.

It comes a week after S7 Airlines, the only other Russian airline member of a global alliance, was temporarily suspended from the Oneworld grouping.

International airline relationships with Russian carriers have been frozen since the invasion and subsequent sanctions and closures of airspace. That includes SkyTeam US member and co-founder Delta Air Lines, which withdrew its codeshare with Aeroflot in late February.