Why Every Airline Should Worry About the Politicization of Commercial Flight

Air traffic control (O'Hare Airport's tower is pictured here) is increasingly vulnerable to global politics and autocracies. Phil Roeder / Flickr

Skift Take: The diversion of a Ryanair flight to Belarus a week ago to detain an outspoken critic and journalist shows us that air traffic control may be increasingly vulnerable to the politics of autocracies. That should send a chill through airline C-suites with the industry needing as few disruptions as possible to chart its recovery.

— Tom Lowry

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