Russian Civil Aviation regulator has announced that British airline British Airways have been banned from landing at Russia airport and from crossing its airspace.

This comes after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson banned the Russian national airline Aeroflot from landing on its trip as part of a range of new sanctions against Moscow.

The Federal Transport Agency Rosaviatsia banned Russian airspace to any aircraft that is owned, leased, operated, and registered in the United Kingdom after sending a proposal for Britain to Aviation Authority late Thursday.

The ban took effect at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time.

Prior to the ban, British Airways said it was warning customers that some flights to the destination east of Russia would now take longer due to arrive at its final destination.

“Air restriction was introduced on the use of Russian airspace for flights of aircraft owned, leased or operated by an organization linked or registered in the UK” advised Rosaviatsia Aviation Authority via a statement.

“A negative response was received from UK colleagues this morning, that serves as the basis for Russia to take the tit for tat measures,” the statement added.

In addition, the retaliator removal from Russia will increase the already escalating jet fuel costs and posed more headaches for the national carriers’ long haul service.

Meanwhile, Britain joined advanced economies on Thursday in sanctioning Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation into Ukraine.

In addition to banning Aeroflot, London froze the UK assets of more than 100 Russian banking and arms manufacturing entities and sanctioned 5 oligarchs.