78 Russian planes seized abroad due to sanctions

The Interfax news agency quoted Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev on March 22 as saying that sanctions had made Russia unable to access most of the supply of aircraft, aircraft parts and aviation services. while Russian airlines have to lease up to 515 planes abroad. According to Minister Savelyev, Russia has lost 78 aircraft seized abroad and will not be returned.

Savelyev said that Russia had 1,367 aircraft at the time of sanctions against Moscow and nearly 800 of these are now on the Russian registry.

Most of the planes leased by Russia are from Boeing and Airbus and are registered in Bermuda and Ireland. However, last week, Bermuda and Ireland authorities suspended the issuance of safety certificates to planes operated by Russian airlines.

In order to ensure that civil aviation operations are not disrupted, Moscow then passed a law allowing its airlines to register aircraft leased from foreign companies in Russia.

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