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Russia lost 76 passenger planes due to sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a Russian minister.
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He reported that Russia now only has 1,302 planes, including 1,167 passenger aircraft.
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The majority of Russia’s passenger planes, registered abroad, were affected by the sanctions.
Russia lost 76 passenger planes due to sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine, revealed Russian Transport Minister
Vitaly Savelyev
said.
“We were unexpectedly
taken by surprise
by the decision to take away the planes,” Savelyev told Russian outlet RBC.
He explained that the 76 aircraft were either in technical storage, being serviced abroad, or about to operate flights.
Furthermore, he stated that Russia now only has 1,302 planes, with 1,167 of them being passenger aircraft.
Prior to the war, many of Russia’s passenger planes were registered abroad and leased by Russian carriers.
Additionally, Bermuda, and Ireland, where many of the planes were registered, revoked the certificates of airworthiness of numerous Russian-based planes following the invasion of Ukraine, leaving almost $10 billion worth of aircraft stranded in Russia.
In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a law allowing leased foreign planes to be registered in Russia, making them difficult for foreign countries to reclaim.
In March 2022, Savelyev disclosed that almost 800 aircraft had been transferred to the national register.
He also mentioned that in June the previous year, Russian airlines began operating flights to 11 countries that guaranteed that they would not seize planes.
Russia has been considering
purchasing some of the approximately 400 planes stranded
in Russia, Reuters previously reported but has yet to be successful.
“There is a ban and a demand for the return; they do not want to engage in negotiations on compensation for their payment and the purchase of ships from them,” Savelyev stated.
He asserted that Russia cannot give up the planes as this “means leaving itself without aviation.”
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