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Having initially targeted Russia's leasing sector, Western-backed sanctions have now taken aim at the country's airline and aerospace sectors as international outrage over the invasion of Ukraine mounts.

In its latest round of punitive measures aimed at crippling Russia's economy and therefore its ability to wage war, the European Commission announced on February 26 the ban on the export and sale or transfer of all aircraft, aircraft parts and equipment to Russia and on all related repair, maintenance and financial services. The leasing of aircraft to Russian entities is therefore prohibited as well.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) to be the only Russian operator with a firm order commitment with Airbus for fourteen A350-900s while lessor Ilyushin Finance has fourteen A220-300s due. Concerning Boeing, UTair (UT, Khanty-Mansiysk) has twenty-eight B737-8s due while Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) is expecting six B777-Fs.

However, it is recalled that Aeroflot Group's Pobeda (DP, Moscow Vnukovo) subsidiary was also...

Editorial Comment: Adjusted EU/EEA countries that have barred Russian aircraft from their respective airspaces - 27.02.2022 - 22:51 UTC

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