Delta suspends partnership with Russian airline Aeroflot

Delta on Friday became the latest entity to sever professional ties with the Russian airline Aeroflot amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Delta said in a statement on its website that it had "withdrawn [its] codeshare services operated in conjunction with Russian national airline, Aeroflot, effective immediately."

A "codeshare" is "a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows an airline to put its two-letter identification code on the flights of another airline." Delta said it had "removed our code from Aeroflot-operated services beyond Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport and removed Aeroflot's code from Delta-operated services from Los Angeles and New York-JFK."

"Accommodations will be made for customers affected by these changes," the airline noted, adding that Delta "does not operate services to Ukraine or Russia."