The EU has banned the Turkish airline Southwind from flying in its airspace due to evidence of the company’s links to Russia, Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet reported on March 30. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the EU and other countries banned Russian airlines or Russian-owned airplanes from using EU airspace, as well as prohibited the export of aviation-related technology. Southwind Airlines was founded in April 2022 in Turkey and operates flights to a dozen destinations in Russia and Belarus, as well as Moldova, Lebanon, and North Macedonia. Southwind planned t…