Russia removed 201 aircraft from Bermuda's register in six months

A spokesman for Bermuda civil aviation noted that if in March there were 721 aircraft operated by Russian companies in the Bermuda registry, now there are 520.Most deregistered ships are Boeing and Airbus

Six months after the imposition of sanctions, Russian airlines managed to remove 201 aircraft from the Bermuda registry and re-register in RUSSIA, including 150 Boeing and Airbus, as well as several dozen Embraer, Bombardier and Gulfstream. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to the HEAD of the Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation (BCAA) Thomas Dunstan.

According to him, as of March 13, there were 721 aircraft operated by Russian airlines in the Bermuda registry, while now there are 520. He also indicated that liners arrested since the beginning of spring or left for maintenance outside Russia (according to the Ministry of Transport, this is about 80 ships). “Most of these aircraft have not been deregistered by Western lessors,” Dunstan said.

The newspaper notes that for 201 aircraft, the problem of double registration has now been eliminated, which did not allow carriers to fly them abroad. Together with 150 Russian Superjet 100s, almost half of the fleet of Russian carriers can fly abroad today, Kommersant points out.

As a source in the Ministry of Transport specified to the publication, at the moment, out of 1289 aircraft in Russia, 1238 have a Russian registration code (RA)

According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, as of February 24, 768 aircraft were registered with Russian airlines in the Bermuda registry. Another 37 were operated by ALROSA, iFly and Rossiya in the Irish registry (19). Of the 19 Boeing aircraft of Rossiya, 14 units belonged to Russian companies and their European structures. As a Kommersant source clarified, "there is no movement to remove aircraft from the registration of Ireland."

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After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the European Union imposed sanctions against Moscow and obliged leasing companies serving commercial airlines to terminate contracts with Russian carriers until March 28. The authorities of Bermuda also suspended the airworthiness certificates of Russian aircraft. In addition, the countries of the European Union, the usa , CANADA and a number of other states have banned flights over their territory to Russian airlines, the supply of spare parts and equipment, as well as the maintenance of their aircraft.

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Against the backdrop of these restrictions, President Vladimir Putin allowed foreign aircraft leased by Russian companies to be registered in Russia. The Federal Air Transport Agency, in turn, banned flights over Russia without special permission from aircraft from 36 countries.