Russian airlines lost 58 aircraft in one year due to sanctions and accidents
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Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:55:59 +0200
Russian airlines had to retire 58 passenger aircraft in 2024.
Source Dmitry Yadrov, head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya, as reported by Russian news agency Interfax Details Yadrov explained that this was caused by accidents and the impossibility of repairing the aircraft.
Currently, airlines have 1,138 aircraft and 920 helicopters, Yadrov clarified.
As The Moscow Times notes, Russian civil aviation has faced strict sanctions following Russias fullscale invasion of Ukraine.
The US, EU and other countries banned the supply of spare parts and readymade aircraft to Russia, while Boeing and Airbus stopped providing technical support for existing aircraft.
Specifically, the planes have been left without regular checks, such as the C Check, which manufacturers perform every one and a half to two years, and deeper D Checks, which are carried out every 612 years.
As a result, domestic airlines had to repair Westernmade planes on their own, resorting to cannibalisation dismantling one aircraft for parts to repair another.
Meanwhile, twothirds of the Russian airline fleet consists of foreignmade planes, which account for 90 of domestic passenger transport.
Another 150 planes are SSJ100s, which are also heavily reliant on Western components.
Background Russian business representatives met with Robert Agee, the President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, to discuss the lifting of sanctions in certain sectors of the economy.
Specifically, the discussion focused on civil aviation, the supply of spare parts and components, and aircraft maintenance.
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