Latvia will close a roughly 50-kilometre-wide strip of eastern airspace along its border with Russia and Belarus from Sept. 11 at 18:00 until at least Sept. 18, Defence Minister Andris Sprūds said, banning flights for at least a week amid Russian drone incursions into Poland.
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The closure covers a ~50 km corridor from Sept. 11 (18:00) to at least Sept. 18, imposing immediate operational constraints for airlines and air-traffic managers in the Baltic eastern corridor — see Lithuania's recent temporary flight restrictions: https://hype.aero/?story=b7e0e0af-2bce-4f52-88e4-eb1a61af8511
The measure follows a pattern of cross-border airspace incidents in the Baltics, including a recent Mi-8 helicopter breach into Estonian airspace, highlighting persistent airspace sovereignty risks: https://hype.aero/?story=79deeca2-ecf6-4e90-a457-4b2eefa1b7c1
It strengthens the case for increased NATO-area air-defence posture and surveillance after drone incursions; Lithuania's formal requests to NATO earlier this year provide direct context: https://hype.aero/?story=abde5879-920c-46ea-bcb4-4af189da837b
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