Tell that to El Al, Iran Air, Cubana or S7.

IMO you are absolutely misinformed in this regard.

Many countries close access to not only their airports but also their airspace.

British Airways no longer operates London to Beijing because of the closure of Russian airspace.

There is an entire list of airlines and home bases for airlines that are banned by the EU.

Even in Argentina, there is a standing ban on Venezuela's Conviasa airline.

Indeed, the airspace-banning component has no Internet equivalent (so far). It would be like a country filtering-out packets containing any source or destination IP addresses from banned countries using any Internet infrastructure within its borders. Then again, I'm not sure if there is an airline equivalent of VPNs, but those too have been banned or restricted in a number of countries.

In any case, I never said the air industry model could be copied 100%. My broader point is about the necessary involvement of an international treaty organization, working in tandem with a completely separate body representing commercial interests.

Russian flyers are also left without access to European, North American and other airports. That was lost two years ago.

Meanwhile, because of the lack of any accountability or treaty, the .su domain continues as a worldwide home for bad actors.

Thank you for helping to make my point regarding similar political threats that must be dealt with by both environments.

- Evan