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Belavia (the flagship airline of Belarus) has resumed flights between Kaliningrad and Minsk today, 15 April 2022, albeit with a serious detour.
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IrAero warned that sanctions had deprived air carriers of the opportunity to service the engines of SSJ100 aircraft, and also suggested considering the possibility of allowing UEC-Saturn to repair them.

Russia and the Seychelles are agreeing on the resumption of direct flights.
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Russia orders the expulsion of Belgian diplomats, in retaliation

Russia declared on Tuesday the staff of the Belgian embassy in Moscow "personae non gratae", as a reprisal measure. 21 persons, including 12 diplomats are asked to leave the country by May 3, reports the state agency Tass. 15 persons from the Dutch embassy in Moscow and the Dutch consulate in St Petersburg, as well as 4 Austrian diplomats are also ordered to leave the country.

Will Russia provide an IL-96 to bring our diplomats back home or do we have to pick them up ourselves with our Falcon 7X?
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Air Serbia will continue to maintain operations from Belgrade to both Moscow and St Petersburg “out of principle”. Thanks for the solidarity! :(
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Azimuth Airlines of Russia says it will not get its advance payments back for the six Airbus A220-300s which were set to be leased from Air Lease Corp., as US sanctions against Russia prohibited the deliveries scheduled for 2022-24.

S7 Airlines of Russia suspends the agreement with the oneworld alliance due to the restriction of international flights.
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Aeroflot may buy out eight A330-300s on financial lease ahead of schedule, says the board of directors.

Russia may allocate about US$1.3 billion from the National Wealth Fund for additional capitalisation of Aeroflot to ensure the development of the Russian economy under sanctions.
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Russia is considering the idea of ​​organising the production of spare parts for foreign aircraft remaining in the Russian fleet after the announcement of Western sanctions.
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Irish lessor AerCap is using the English courts to pursue a near US$46 million claim against Italian bank UniCredit, which had guaranteed aircraft leasing payments on behalf of Sberbank (Russia).

US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC) expects to record a write-off of its interests in its 21 owned aircraft and six managed aircraft that remain in Russia, totalling approximately $802.4 million. ALC is vigorously pursuing insurance claims to recover losses relating to these aircraft.

Wizz Air has allowed customers to book flights from the UK to Ukraine in July 2022 after suspending them at the start of Russia’s invasion.

Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian civilian planes flying to/from Syria.
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Aeroflot has announced the resumption of regular flights between Russia and the Maldives from 13 May 2022 with A320.
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easyJet has decided to terminate the lease agreements for six A319s aircraft owned by lessor STLC of Russia. SmartLynx Airlines announced the termination of the lease of four A321s owned by STLC.

Utair intends to buy 20 used Yak-40 and Yak-42 aircraft, which will be restored after mothballing.
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SunExpress has grounded a B737-800, serial 39093, that it leases from Russian lessor GTLK. The carrier is no longer paying for the plane, with plans to dissolve the contract amid sanctions.
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airBaltic announces that in cooperation with UkrPoshta (the postal service of Ukraine) it has organised a multimodal mail transportation system and thus reopened cargo operations from Kyiv.

S7 Airlines to opt for a new domestic flight booking system, amid sanctions against Russia. The transition to the new service will take place in October 2022.
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Aeroflot approved an additional issue of up to 5.4 billion shares to increase the authorised capital of the airline by US$2.7 billion. The airline may use part of the funds to "buy out aircraft on leases". Really? Has Russia changed its mind about stealing those leased aircraft?

IrAero has suspended the operation of the only A319 in its fleet, as it negotiates with the lessor. Talks on the potential lease of another A320 have been suspended. At the same time, IrAero recently leased AN26-100.
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Aeroflot has made a decision not to publish financial statements for 1Q 2022 as some shareholders are not able to make investment decisions and take action with the company’s securities.

Aurora says it faces a shortage of aircraft, as its DHC8s are grounded due to the lack of spare parts amid sanctions.

US lessor Aircastle, via two Irish units, has launched a near US$25 million claim against Italian bank UniCredit in London in the latest move by the leasing sector to enforce letters of credit related to aircraft seized by the Russian government.

SkyUp of Ukraine to wet-lease six B737s to Turkish Airlines for the summer 2022 season.
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Cargologic Germany has been declared insolvent after it was banned from European airspace in March 2022. Lucas Flother was appointed as the provisional insolvency administrator.
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Antonov Airlines is aiming to transfer its operations base to Leipzig, Germany, following the damage and destruction at its home base in Kyiv.
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CargoLogic Germany can only regain its right to fly if it changes ownership away from the Volga-Dnepr Group (Russia).

Ukrainian airline SkyUp has resumed flights in Europe, wet-leasing its five B737-800s to Air Moldova, Corendon Europe Airlines (Malta) and Tailwind Airlines (Turkey). Negotiations with another airliner are now ongoing.
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Britain is introducing new sanctions against the Russian airline sector to prevent state-owned Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Rossiya from selling their unused landing slots at British airports, worth US$61.9 million.

Italy froze assets worth US$153 million owned by Superjet International (Italy), due to its Russian ownership. The move targets the 90% stake in the joint venture by Sukhoi and other assets including five aircraft.
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Aeroflot A330-300, MSN 1301, was prevented by a Sri Lankan court from leaving Sri Lanka after hearing a complaint filed by Celestial Aviation Trading (Ireland). The order will remain in effect until 16 June 2022.

Azur Air, along with I Fly, Nordwind, Pegas Fly and Royal Flight have returned a total of more than two dozen leased aeroplanes to foreign lessors, even though Moscow has passed a law allowing the seizure of hundreds of jets as part a response to Western sanctions.

United States added 71 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist including several aircraft factories in its latest effort to deprive the Russian military of US technology and other items.
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sn26567 wrote: 03 Jun 2022, 21:47 Aeroflot A330-300, MSN 1301, was prevented by a Sri Lankan court from leaving Sri Lanka after hearing a complaint filed by Celestial Aviation Trading (Ireland). The order will remain in effect until 16 June 2022.
Aeroflot suspends flights to Sri Lanka after the arrest of its A330 by the authorities of the island country. Meanwhile, a Sri Lanka Court suspended an order preventing an Aeroflot flight from leaving Sri Lanka. The A330-300, MSN 1301, was denied permission to fly to Moscow as scheduled on 02 June 2022 amid a legal dispute with a lessor.

Malaysia Airlines says the result of the Ukraine-Russia war on fuel prices has derailed the carrier’s ambition to break even til 2023. Fuel prices currently make up 45% of the airline’s operational costs.

Russia selects local airlines that will receive subsidies from the federal budget to refund passengers the cost of tickets for cancelled flights. The total amount of payments for 20 carriers will amount to US$265 million.
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