Air Tanzania has temporarily suspended its Dar es Salaam-Moscow service after conducting a risk assessment of operating conditions along the route, adding an African dimension to growing concerns over the safety of Russian airspace.

The airline announced on September 3 that flights TC422 and TC423 would be suspended from September 4.

"The decision ​follows a routine risk assessment of the ⁠operating environment along the route," ​

“Safety considerations always take precedence over commercial ones,” Air Tanzania said, without directly attributing the decision to Ukraine’s warning.

But in a new public notice issued on September 4, ATCL said the services would resume on Monday, September 7, after completing its assessment in consultation with relevant authorities.