Bermuda partially lifted sanctions against Russia

The Bermuda Air Regulator will be able to issue flight permits for aircraft registered in Bermuda but operated by Russian carriers.This is done to facilitate the repatriation of aircraft

The Government of Bermuda has granted a license to the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) that provides for "some exemption from trade sanctions" to facilitate the repatriation of aircraft from RUSSIA. The decision was made on August 4, the document was published on August 10 on the regulator's website.

The Bermuda Aviation Authority may issue individual permits to businesses or individuals and special permits to fly aircraft only if doing so will facilitate the return of aircraft from Russia on behalf of non-Russian owners.

The regulator published a document with a list of ships on August 22, the document mentions 565 registration numbers of aircraft operated by various Russian airlines: Aeroflot (and its subsidiaries Rossiya and Pobeda), S7, AirBridgeCargo, Azur Air, Smartavia , Utair and others.

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The validity of the flight certificates of aircraft of Russian companies registered in Bermuda was suspended by the authorities of the islands in mid-March. As of February 24, Russian carriers had 768 aircraft registered in Bermuda. Almost three weeks later, by March 11, the number of aircraft registered in foreign registries fell to 739 out of a total of 1,367 aircraft in operation.

After the entry into force of the decision, Russian airlines did not stop the operation of the aircraft, Kommersant wrote, citing data from the FlightRadar service. The Russian government has suspended an agreement with Bermuda governing the supervision of aircraft registered in this territory, such an order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Russian airlines were then allowed to register rights to foreign leased aircraft, a law signed into law by President Vladimir Putin . The document stated that the decision was made "in order to protect national interests" and to "increase the stability of the transport complex." Russian airlines took advantage of this opportunity, as did Rossiya and Utair at the end of March.

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At the same time, S7 and AirBridgeCargo in early July asked the authorities to allow the return of Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft due to the lack of a certificate and the impossibility of operation. The use of these aircraft models was banned in 2019 due to air crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, and re-certification was not carried out.

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At the end of February, the authorities of the EU, the US , the UK and other countries imposed sanctions against Russia and closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. European countries have imposed a ban on the sale of aircraft and aircraft parts to Russia, and it has also become illegal to provide Russian companies with insurance and maintenance services for civil aircraft. After that, lessors began to recall their aircraft from Russia, by the end of March 78 aircraft remained arrested in other states, and Western companies demanded the return of more than 500 aircraft worth $20 billion.

In early August, the UK eased aviation sanctions against Russia, London allowed the provision of insurance and reinsurance services for ships, aircraft and their components to counterparties associated with Russia.

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