And not only for international but also for domestic flights.
In Russia, due to sanctions, which separately affected the aviation industry of the terrorist country, have already been forced to cancel a million tickets, both domestic and international flights. This follows from the message of the Russian Ministry of Transport.
“The order to allocate more than 19.5 billion rubles was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. for 1 million tickets “- said in a statement.
It is noted that this amount will cost compensation for canceled flights to the southern regions of Russia and even abroad.
We can assume that there are thousands of flights.
In addition, Russian taxpayers will pay even more with their money 1.5 billion rubles, which the Russian government has allocated compensation for operating costs of airports in the southern and central regions of Russia.
The operation of these airports was suspended due to panic in the regions bordering Ukraine, which began after the Russian army invaded Ukrainian lands. Initially, Russia did not expect the war to last long, and introduced a ban on flights over the Southern Federal District only until March 2. However , as reported by the Russian Ministry of Transport, flights are still not carried out.
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In addition, for fear of losing the planes that Russia actually stole without returning them at the request of Western lessors , the terrorist country stopped international flights on March 6.
Later The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended the permits and licenses of dozens of Russian airlines following the imposition of EU sanctions against Russia.
Russian aircraft also closed in the United States and Canada .
ZN.UA wrote what transport sanctions mean for Russia . This was stated by Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko.
The European Union, as well as the United States, Canada and other aircraft manufacturers, have banned the transfer of technology, equipment, spare parts for the aviation and space industries to Russia. It is also forbidden to provide air insurance and reinsurance services to Russia. In addition, the skies of Eurospace are closed for Russia, the United States, Canada – for the planes of Russian companies, Russian owners who control Russian companies.
Since 70% of Russia's fleet – these are foreign-made aircraft (Airbuses, Boeings), most of which are used on lease terms, which means an almost complete collapse of the air transport system.
Almost no one will be able to fly abroad from Russia. Most domestic flights will also be canceled. Because Western-made planes will not fly due to the inability to insure flights, lack of spare parts and the above-mentioned flight bans.
Leased planes will be recalled from Russia by their foreign owners. If Russia does not give them away, as Iran once did, will run into even bigger problems , including lawsuits and arrests of Russian property abroad.
On Russian-made planes, domestic companies owned by Russian companies will still be able to fly, but the vast majority of flights will be canceled. . This will be felt by millions of Russians who will have to cancel plans for foreign vacations and business flights. Russian railways, completely forgetting about air travel.
