Rebels who seized power in Niger have closed the country’s airspace for French aircraft, AFP reported on Sunday, citing the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

Niger’s airspace is open for all internal and international commercial flights, with the exception of French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France, including aircraft belonging to Air France, it said.

In response to an AFP’s inquiry, Air France said that its planes don’t fly over Niger.