on 25th February 2023
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EU to ban sales of aircraft to Russian airlines
amid Ukraine invasion
The European
Commission plans to prohibit sales of aircraft, spare parts as well as other
related equipment to Russian airlines, as part of sanctions to be imposed amid
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission President Ursula von der
Leyen announced at the press conference on February 25, 2022.
Von der
Leyen remarked that three quarters of Russia’s current commercial fleet are
dependent on EU, US, and Canada built aircraft. Therefore, the sanction “will
degrade the key sector of Russia’s economy and the country’s connectivity”. The
measures are approved by the European leaders but are yet to come into effect.
The fleets
of Russia’s three largest airlines are mainly comprised of Airbus and Boeing
manufactured aircraft.
Russia's
flag-carrier, Aeroflot, has a total of 185 aircraft in its fleet, including 116
Airbus-manufactured, 59 Boeing-made, and only 10 Russian produced jets, as per
Planespotters.net data. According to Airbus data, Aeroflot has 22 Airbus A350s
on order, of which eight have already been delivered.
S7 – Siberia
Airlines has a fleet of 105 aircraft, including 48 Airbus A320s, 16 Airbus
A321s, three Airbus A319s, 21 Boeing 737s, and 17 Embraer ERJ-170 jets,
Planespotters.net data shows.
Meanwhile,
Ural Airlines has a fleet of 53 aircraft and all of them are
Airbus-manufactured jets, according to Planespotters.net.
Russia’s
aircraft manufacturer, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), has been trying
to design and develop its own commercial aircraft in part to be less dependent
from foreign models. However, the key projects are still in the development
phase.
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