Several airlines have halted flights to Russian cities following reports by Western experts and the U.S. indicating that an anti-aircraft missile from Russia may have caused this week’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash.
Moscow has declined to comment on the allegations that its air defense system might have accidentally brought down the aircraft.
Russia has said that Grozny, the Chechen capital where the plane was meant to land, was being attacked by Ukrainian drones that day.
It crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
Turkmenistan Airlines -- the national carrier of the reclusive Central Asian state -- was the latest airline to announce cancellations Saturday.
It said that "regular flights between Ashgabat-Moscow-Ashgabat were canceled from 30/12/2024 to 31/01/2025," without explaining.
The decision came after UAE airline Flydubai suspended flights between Dubai and the southern Russian cities of Mineralnye Vody and Sochi scheduled between December 27 and January 3.