Russia has banned British flights from landing at its airports and from crossing its airspace after the United Kingdom closed its airspace to Russian airlines, including Aeroflot. Prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed that the UK has banned all aircraft on a scheduled service which is, “owned, chartered or operated by a person connected with Russia, or which is registered in Russia” from entering UK airspace on Thursday. The move came as part of Johnson’s “largest-ever” package of sanctions against Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport of the UK, said on Twitter after the announcement that all Russian airlines schedules to enter the UK would be prohibited, adding that “Putin’s heinous actions will not be ignored” and that the UK government “will never tolerate those who put people’s lives in danger.” In a statement, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed that it has suspended Aeroflot’s foreign …