On what Russian airlines will fly after the ban on the supply of Airbus The

The EU sanctions announced on Saturday night include a ban on the sale of aircraft, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines. One of the world's two largest civil aircraft manufacturers, Airbus, operates in the EU. “The company plans to act in accordance with all sanctions and in accordance with the laws as soon as they are adopted,” Airbus official representative in Russia Yulia Pronina told RBC on Friday, February 25, noting that “it is too early to comment on the possible consequences of sanctions for Airbus and for the aerospace industry in general.

According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, as of mid-February 2022, Russian airlines use 322 aircraft manufactured by Airbus. European aircraft are used, in particular, by Aeroflot, S7 and Ural Airlines. According to the results of the pre-pandemic 2019, aircraft of the A320ceo/neo family carried 52.4 million people, or 41% of the total passenger traffic of Russian airlines, according to the Transport Clearing House.