Abroad, due to sanctions, 77 Russian aircraft were detained, said the HEAD of the Ministry of Transport, Vitaly Savelyev, TASS reports.
“Today I want to tell you that there are 77 cars. We managed to return one car. We are fighting for every aircraft,” he said.
According to the minister, the decision to detain was made by the lessors. Some planes were unable to take off due to the closure of EU airspace.
He recalled that there are 1,278 aircraft in RUSSIA, of which 1,158 are civil aircraft. “In general, the situation is normal... The park is quite large,” Savelyev added.
Sergei Ivanov warned about aircraft stocks for three to four years Business
At the end of February, the authorities of the European Union and other countries imposed sanctions against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine, and also closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. The EU banned companies from selling aircraft and spare parts to Russia, as well as providing Russian companies with insurance and maintenance services for civil aircraft.
After that, lessors began to withdraw aircraft from Russia. By March 23, Western companies demanded the return of more than 500 aircraft worth $20 billion. By the end of March, 78 aircraft were under arrest in other countries.
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The Federal Air Transport Agency recommended that airlines from Russia not operate flights abroad on boards under foreign leasing. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to transfer foreign-leased aircraft to the Russian registry. By June 15, more than 600 aircraft were brought into it.
On July 1, the president's special envoy, Sergei Ivanov, suggested that Russia's stocks of aviation equipment would last three to four years.