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Russian airlines begin to canibalize western leased aircraft for aircraft parts

Russian airlines, according to Reuters, including Aeroflot, are being forced to strip western leased Airbus and Boeing aircraft parts from grounded aircraft to keep others flying.

Western sanctions and prohibition of parts because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are having an impact in the Russian aviation sector.

The airlines are foillowing Putin’s order to cannibalize western aircraft to keep others flying through 2025.

Even Russian-built Sukhoi Superjets are dependent on western parts.

Many aircraft of Russian airlines are grounded due to the lack of parts.

Aeroflot Group’s 2Q results “affected by the current geopolitical situation”

Aeroflot Group issued this financial statement for the second quarter:

Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces
Aeroflot Group operating results for Q2 and 6 months 2022

Key highlights of Q2 2022:

Group’s operating results in Q2 2022 were affected by the current geopolitical situation
and significant flight restrictions.
Aeroflot Group actively recovered transportation volumes after a decrease in March 2022, the average monthly growth rate in Q2 was 19.5%: international flights were partially restored, dynamics
of domestic flights improved.
In domestic segment Group’s RPK increased by 0.4% year-on-year, Aeroflot’s RPK increased
by 23.7% vs. 2021.
In international segment in June the Group recovered RPK to 50.8% of 2021 levels, which compares to 15.4% recovery level in April 2022.
Operational efficiency has improved: passenger load factor amounted to 83.7%, up by 5.6 percentage points year-on-year. Pobeda Airlines recorded the highest absolute load indicator: passenger load factor was 95.3%, up 1.5 percentage points vs. Q2 2021.

Key highlights of 6 months 2022:

Aeroflot Group carried 17.2 million passengers, including 14.7 million passengers in domestic segment.
Passenger load factor was 79.9%, up by 1.0 percentage point year-on-year, in domestic segment passenger load factor was 82.6%, a 1.5 percentage points increase vs. 2021.
Group’s total RPK increased by 3.7% year-on-year, in domestic segment Group’s RPK improved by 4.9% year-on-year.

Aeroflot Airlines Operating Results

	Q2 2022	Q2 2021	Change	6M 2022	6M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	4,182.1	5,094.6	(17.9%)	7,945.8	8,364.8	(5.0%)
– international	408.1	1,223.3	(66.6%)	1,684.2	1,900.1	(11.4%)
– domestic	3,774.0	3,871.3	(2.5%)	6,261.6	6,464.7	(3.1%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	11,205.1	12,165.1	(7.9%)	21,341.2	19,790.9	7.8%
– international	1,441.2	4,270.5	(66.3%)	6,042.4	6,741.2	(10.4%)
– domestic	9,763.9	7,894.5	23.7%	15,298.8	13,049.7	17.2%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	13,881.2	16,889.2	(17.8%)	28,577.4	27,226.2	5.0%
– international	1,664.2	6,053.5	(72.5%)	9,017.6	9,778.5	(7.8%)
– domestic	12,217.0	10,835.6	12.7%	19,559.8	17,447.7	12.1%
Passenger load factor, %	80.7%	72.0%	8.7 p.p.	74.7%	72.7%	2.0 p.p.
– international	86.6%	70.5%	16.1 p.p.	67.0%	68.9%	(1.9 p.p.)
– domestic	79.9%	72.9%	7.1 p.p.	78.2%	74.8%	3.4 p.p.
Revenue flights	28,010	39,883	(29.8%)	57,920	67,280	(13.9%)
– international	2,212	7,460	(70.3%)	12,078	12,773	(5.4%)
– domestic	25,798	32,423	(20.4%)	45,842	54,507	(15.9%)
Flight hours	81,879	105,653	(22.5%)	173,704	178,808	(2.9%)

Pobeda Airlines Operating Results

	Q2 2022	Q2 2021	Change	6M 2022	6M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,459.0	3,642.7	(32.5%)	5,568.3	6,397.7	(13.0%)
– international	2.9	62.2	(95.4%)	245.4	222.8	10.2%
– domestic	2,456.1	3,580.4	(31.4%)	5,322.9	6,174.9	(13.8%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,815.7	5,906.3	(18.5%)	10,530.1	10,488.1	0.4%
– international	2.4	154.3	(98.4%)	672.9	549.5	22.5%
– domestic	4,813.2	5,752.0	(16.3%)	9,857.2	9,938.6	(0.8%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	5,054.5	6,298.2	(19.7%)	11,286.4	11,267.8	0.2%
– international	2.7	194.4	(98.6%)	778.6	661.5	17.7%
– domestic	5,051.8	6,103.9	(17.2%)	10,507.8	10,606.3	(0.9%)
Passenger load factor, %	95.3%	93.8%	1.5 p.p.	93.3%	93.1%	0.2 p.p.
– international	89.6%	79.4%	10.2 p.p.	86.4%	83.1%	3.4 p.p.
– domestic	95.3%	94.2%	1.0 p.p.	93.8%	93.7%	0.1 p.p.
Revenue flights	13,701	20,568	(33.4%)	31,655	36,412	(13.1%)
– international	17	416	(95.9%)	1,494	1,424	4.9%
– domestic	13,684	20,152	(32.1%)	30,161	34,988	(13.8%)
Flight hours	34,932	44,696	(21.8%)	79,566	80,477	(1.1%)

Rossiya Airlines Operating Results

	Q2 2022	Q2 2021	Change	6M 2022	6M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,039.5	2,449.5	(16.7%)	3,670.5	3,794.8	(3.3%)
– international	241.7	262.6	(8.0%)	517.6	330.2	56.8%
– domestic	1,797.8	2,186.9	(17.8%)	3,152.9	3,464.6	(9.0%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,462.9	5,676.2	(21.4%)	8,557.8	8,711.6	(1.8%)
– international	484.5	845.2	(42.7%)	1,572.4	1,051.3	49.6%
– domestic	3,978.4	4,831.0	(17.6%)	6,985.4	7,660.3	(8.8%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	5,536.6	7,229.1	(23.4%)	10,760.9	10,957.4	(1.8%)
– international	620.2	982.5	(36.9%)	1,894.0	1,218.8	55.4%
– domestic	4,916.4	6,246.6	(21.3%)	8,866.9	9,738.6	(9.0%)
Passenger load factor, %	80.6%	78.5%	2.1 p.p.	79.5%	79.5%	0.0 p.p.
– international	78.1%	86.0%	(7.9 p.p.)	83.0%	86.3%	(3.2 p.p.)
– domestic	80.9%	77.3%	3.6 p.p.	78.8%	78.7%	0.1 p.p.
Revenue flights	20,717	21,658	(4.3%)	36,810	33,550	9.7%
– international	3,495	1,631	2.1х	5,209	2,214	2.4х
– domestic	17,222	20,027	(14.0%)	31,601	31,336	0.8%
Flight hours	49,525	51,493	(3.8%)	90,049	80,582	11.7%

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	Q2 2022	Q2 2021	Change	6M 2022	6M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	8,680.6	11,186.7	(22.4%)	17,184.7	18,557.3	(7.4%)
– international	652.7	1,548.1	(57.8%)	2,447.3	2,453.0	(0.2%)
– domestic	8,027.9	9,638.6	(16.7%)	14,737.4	16,104.2	(8.5%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	20,483.7	23,747.5	(13.7%)	40,429.1	38,990.6	3.7%
– international	1,928.1	5,270.1	(63.4%)	8,287.7	8,342.0	(0.7%)
– domestic	18,555.6	18,477.5	0.4%	32,141.4	30,648.6	4.9%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	24,472.3	30,416.5	(19.5%)	50,624.7	49,451.5	2.4%
– international	2,287.1	7,230.4	(68.4%)	11,690.3	11,658.8	0.3%
– domestic	22,185.2	23,186.1	(4.3%)	38,934.4	37,792.7	3.0%
Passenger load factor, %	83.7%	78.1%	5.6 p.p.	79.9%	78.8%	1.0 p.p.
– international	84.3%	72.9%	11.4 p.p.	70.9%	71.6%	(0.7 p.p.)
– domestic	83.6%	79.7%	3.9 p.p.	82.6%	81.1%	1.5 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	35,634.3	64,445.8	(44.6%)	89,026.3	126,644.7	(29.7%)
– international	3,848.0	19,499.9	(80.2%)	22,958.8	44,478.7	(48.4%)
– domestic	31,786.3	44,945.9	(29.2%)	66,067.6	82,166.0	(19.6%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	151.4	265.8	(43.0%)	378.3	541.1	(30.1%)
– international	16.8	104.5	(83.9%)	118.0	248.6	(52.5%)
– domestic	134.6	161.3	(16.5%)	260.3	292.5	(11.0%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,995.0	2,403.0	(17.0%)	4,016.9	4,050.2	(0.8%)
– international	190.4	578.8	(67.1%)	863.9	999.4	(13.6%)
– domestic	1,804.6	1,824.2	(1.1%)	3,153.0	3,050.9	3.3%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	2,878.9	3,788.9	(24.0%)	6,056.7	6,356.8	(4.7%)
– international	266.9	1,046.7	(74.5%)	1,529.2	1,905.0	(19.7%)
– domestic	2,612.0	2,742.2	(4.7%)	4,527.5	4,451.8	1.7%
Revenue load factor, %	69.3%	63.4%	5.9 p.p.	66.3%	63.7%	2.6 p.p.
– international	71.3%	55.3%	16.0 p.p.	56.5%	52.5%	4.0 p.p.
– domestic	69.1%	66.5%	2.6 p.p.	69.6%	68.5%	1.1 p.p.
Revenue flights	62,428	82,109	(24.0%)	126,385	137,242	(7.9%)
– international	5,724	9,507	(39.8%)	18,781	16,411	14.4%
– domestic	56,704	72,602	(21.9%)	107,604	120,831	(10.9%)
Flight hours	166,336	201,842	(17.6%)	343,319	339,867	1.0%

Aeroflot Group Operating Results in Q2 2022

Aeroflot Group airlines: All flights

	April	May	June	Total
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,177.8	2,746.8	3,756.1	8,680.6
Change vs. 2021, %	(27.9%)	(23.5%)	(17.9%)	(22.4%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,999.2	6,463.5	9,021.0	20,483.7
Change vs. 2021, %	(20.4%)	(14.6%)	(8.8%)	(13.7%)
Passenger load factor, %	82.6%	81.0%	86.4%	83.7%
Change vs. 2021, %	4.6 p.p.	5.2 p.p.	6.5 p.p.	5.6 p.p.

Aeroflot Group airlines: Domestic flights

	April	May	June	Total
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,086.7	2,529.0	3,412.2	8,027.9
Change vs. 2021, %	(19.8%)	(18.2%)	(13.5%)	(16.7%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,779.8	5,822.6	7,953.2	18,555.6
Change vs. 2021, %	(1.5%)	(0.1%)	2.0%	0.4%
Passenger load factor, %	83.2%	81.0%	86.0%	83.6%
Change vs. 2021, %	3.6 p.p.	3.8 p.p.	4.2 p.p.	3.9 p.p.

Aeroflot Group airlines: International flights

	April	May	June	Total
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	91.1	217.8	343.8	652.7
Change vs. 2021, %	(78.2%)	(56.5%)	(45.4%)	(57.8%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	219.5	640.9	1,067.7	1,928.1
Change vs. 2021, %	(84.6%)	(63.2%)	(49.2%)	(63.4%)
Passenger load factor, %	71.2%	81.2%	89.8%	84.3%
Change vs. 2021, %	(1.8 p.p.)	9.6 p.p.	15.8 p.p.	11.4 p.p.

Aeroflot is listing leased aircraft in its profile:

Aeroflot has one of the youngest fleets in the world. As of 31 may 2022, the Aeroflot fleet consisted of 184 aircraft: Airbus А320, А330, А350, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 777-300ER, as well as the Russian-made Superjet 100. In 2020, new wide-body Airbus A350-900 aircraft, the newest long-haul planes, and in 2021, new medium-haul Airbus A320/321 neo aircraft joined the Aeroflot fleet.

As of May 31, 2022, the fleet includes:

Rossiya Airlines aircraft photo gallery:

Aeroflot restores the Moscow – Guangzhou route

Aeroflot Russian Airlines restored the Moscow – Guangzhou route on June 6.

The restored route operates one day a week.

Aeroflot is still contained in where it can fly internationally.

Aeroflot (SkyTeam) serves 65 domestic destinations and 30 international destinations in 17 countries, as of June 2022.

While European countries have closed their airspace to Aeroflot, many other countries, including Turkey, Israel, Egypt and India have not. Therefore Aeroflot is able to patchwork an international network, mainly to the south and the east of Moscow.

Map of banned airspace:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-russia-ukraine-flight-bans/

Where does Aeroflot currently fly internationally?

Armenia

Yerevan EVN

Azerbaijan

Baku GYD

Belarus

Minsk MSQ

China

Guangzhou CAN

Egypt

Cairo CAI

India

Delhi DEL

Iran

Tehran IKA

Israel

Tel Aviv TLV

Kazakhstan

Aktau SCO

Aktobe AKX

Almaty ALA

Atyrau GUW

Karaganda KGF

Kostanay KSN

Nur-Sultan NQZ

Krygyzstan

Bishkek FRU

Osh OSS

Tamchy IKU

Maldives

Malé MLE

Seychelles

Mahé SEZ

Sri Lanka

Colombo CMB

Turkey

Antalya AYT

Bodrum BJV

Dalaman DLM

Istanbul IST

Ukraine (occupied Crimea)

Simferopol SIP

Uzbekistan

Bukhara BHK

Samarkand SKD

Tashkent TAS

Urgench UGC

Aeroflot aircraft photo gallery:

Aeroflot buys 8 stranded Airbus A330s from leasing companies

Aeroflot has announced it has acquired eight stranded Airbus A330s from leasing companies.

The aircraft were leased and were not able to be returned to Russia.

Aeroflot aircraft photo gallery:

Aeroflot Group shows only a 20.4% decline in traffic in March

Aeroflot Group issued this traffic report for March:

Aeroflot Group operating results for March 2022

Key highlights of March 2022:

Aeroflot Group carried 2.2 million passengers, 20.4% down year-on-year;
2.0 million passengers carried in domestic segment, 15.7% down year-on-year;
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 79.5%, a 3.3 percentage point decrease year-on-year;
Pobeda Airlines carried 910.9 thousand passengers; passenger load factor was 92.2%.

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

Aeroflot Airlines

	March 2022	March 2021	Change	3M 2022	3M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	836.7	1,232.9	(32.1%)	3,763.7	3,270.2	15.1%
– international	137.2	284.3	(51.7%)	1,276.1	676.8	88.6%
– domestic	699.5	948.6	(26.3%)	2,487.6	2,593.4	(4.1%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	2,259.0	2,921.9	(22.7%)	10,136.1	7,625.8	32.9%
– international	497.2	1,008.1	(50.7%)	4,601.2	2,470.7	86.2%
– domestic	1,761.8	1,913.8	(7.9%)	5,534.9	5,155.1	7.4%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	3,096.0	3,785.4	(18.2%)	14,696.2	10,337.0	42.2%
– international	720.1	1,436.8	(49.9%)	7,353.4	3,724.9	97.4%
– domestic	2,375.9	2,348.6	1.2%	7,342.8	6,612.1	11.1%
Passenger load factor, %	73.0%	77.2%	(4.2 p.p.)	69.0%	73.8%	(4.8 p.p.)
– international	69.0%	70.2%	(1.1 p.p.)	62.6%	66.3%	(3.8 p.p.)
– domestic	74.2%	81.5%	(7.3 p.p.)	75.4%	78.0%	(2.6 p.p.)
Revenue flights	6,517.0	9,569.0	(31.9%)	29,910	27,397	9.2%
– international	883.0	2,021.0	(56.3%)	9,866	5,313	85.7%
– domestic	5,634.0	7,548.0	(25.4%)	20,044	22,084	(9.2%)
Flight hours	19,784	25,802	(23.3%)	91,825	73,156	25.5%

Pobeda Airlines

	March 2022	March 2021	Change	3M 2022	3M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	910.9	982.3	(7.3%)	3,109.3	2,755.0	12.9%
– international	23.4	59.8	(60.8%)	242.6	160.5	51.1%
– domestic	887.5	922.4	(3.8%)	2,866.8	2,594.5	10.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	1,853.3	1,630.1	13.7%	5,714.4	4,581.8	24.7%
– international	85.1	147.3	(42.2%)	670.5	395.2	69.7%
– domestic	1,768.2	1,482.8	19.2%	5,043.9	4,186.7	20.5%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	2,010.2	1,739.0	15.6%	6,231.8	4,969.6	25.4%
– international	101.8	161.2	(36.8%)	775.9	467.1	66.1%
– domestic	1,908.4	1,577.8	21.0%	5,455.9	4,502.5	21.2%
Passenger load factor, %	92.2%	93.7%	(1.5 p.p.)	91.7%	92.2%	(0.5 p.p.)
– international	83.6%	91.4%	(7.8 p.p.)	86.4%	84.6%	1.8 p.p.
– domestic	92.7%	94.0%	(1.3 p.p.)	92.4%	93.0%	(0.5 p.p.)
Revenue flights	5,249	5,579	(5.9%)	17,954	15,844	13.3%
– international	150	348	(56.9%)	1,477	1,008	46.5%
– domestic	5,099	5,231	(2.5%)	16,477	14,836	11.1%
Flight hours	14,284	12,470	14.5%	44,634	35,780	24.7%

Rossiya Airlines

	March 2022	March 2021	Change	3M 2022	3M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	456.1	554.0	(17.7%)	1,631.0	1,345.3	21.2%
– international	28.8	35.0	(17.8%)	275.9	67.6	4.1х
– domestic	427.3	519.0	(17.7%)	1,355.1	1,277.7	6.1%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	1,150.6	1,209.9	(4.9%)	4,094.9	3,035.4	34.9%
– international	148.7	108.6	36.9%	1,087.9	206.1	5.3х
– domestic	1,001.9	1,101.3	(9.0%)	3,007.0	2,829.3	6.3%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	1,513.3	1,432.3	5.7%	5,224.4	3,728.3	40.1%
– international	169.5	123.2	37.5%	1,273.8	236.3	5.4х
– domestic	1,343.9	1,309.1	2.7%	3,950.5	3,492.0	13.1%
Passenger load factor, %	76.0%	84.5%	(8.4 p.p.)	78.4%	81.4%	(3.0 p.p.)
– international	87.7%	88.1%	(0.4 p.p.)	85.4%	87.2%	(1.8 p.p.)
– domestic	74.6%	84.1%	(9.6 p.p.)	76.1%	81.0%	(4.9 p.p.)
Revenue flights	4,645	4,975	(6.6%)	16,093	11,892	35.3%
– international	146	292	(50.0%)	1,714	583	2.9х
– domestic	4,499	4,683	(3.9%)	14,379	11,309	27.1%
Flight hours	11,501	11,975	(4.0%)	40,525	29,089	39.3%

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	March 2022	March 2021	Change	3M 2022	3M 2021	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,203.7	2,769.2	(20.4%)	8,504.0	7,370.5	15.4%
– international	189.4	379.2	(50.0%)	1,794.6	904.9	98.3%
– domestic	2,014.3	2,390.0	(15.7%)	6,709.5	6,465.6	3.8%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	5,262.9	5,761.8	(8.7%)	19,945.5	15,243.1	30.8%
– international	730.9	1,264.0	(42.2%)	6,359.6	3,072.0	2.1х
– domestic	4,531.9	4,497.9	0.8%	13,585.8	12,171.1	11.6%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	6,619.6	6,956.7	(4.8%)	26,152.4	19,035.0	37.4%
– international	991.4	1,721.2	(42.4%)	9,403.2	4,428.4	2.1х
– domestic	5,628.2	5,235.5	7.5%	16,749.2	14,606.6	14.7%
Passenger load factor, %	79.5%	82.8%	(3.3 p.p.)	76.3%	80.1%	(3.8 p.p.)
– international	73.7%	73.4%	0.3 p.p.	67.6%	69.4%	(1.7 p.p.)
– domestic	80.5%	85.9%	(5.4 p.p.)	81.1%	83.3%	(2.2 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	12,303.0	22,712.4	(45.8%)	53,376.5	62,199.0	(14.2%)
– international	1,288.9	9,040.6	(85.7%)	19,110.7	24,978.9	(23.5%)
– domestic	11,014.1	13,671.9	(19.4%)	34,265.8	37,220.1	(7.9%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	48.4	103.5	(53.2%)	226.8	275.3	(17.6%)
– international	5.4	53.9	(89.9%)	101.2	144.1	(29.8%)
– domestic	43.0	49.6	(13.4%)	125.7	131.3	(4.3%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	522.1	622.0	(16.1%)	2,021.9	1,647.2	22.7%
– international	71.2	167.6	(57.5%)	673.5	420.6	60.2%
– domestic	450.8	454.4	(0.8%)	1,348.4	1,226.7	9.9%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	781.9	943.1	(17.1%)	3,177.8	2,567.9	23.7%
– international	135.5	328.4	(58.7%)	1,262.3	858.3	47.1%
– domestic	646.4	614.6	5.2%	1,915.5	1,709.6	12.0%
Revenue load factor, %	66.8%	66.0%	0.8 p.p.	63.6%	64.1%	(0.5 p.p.)
– international	52.6%	51.0%	1.5 p.p.	53.4%	49.0%	4.4 p.p.
– domestic	69.7%	73.9%	(4.2 p.p.)	70.4%	71.8%	(1.4 p.p.)
Revenue flights	16,411	20,123	(18.4%)	63,957	55,133	16.0%
– international	1,179	2,661	(55.7%)	13,057	6,904	89.1%
– domestic	15,232	17,462	(12.8%)	50,900	48,229	5.5%
Flight hours	45,569	50,247	(9.3%)	176,983	138,025	28.2%

Aeroflot redeploys its international network, will launch flights from Sochi to six countries

Aeroflot Russian Airlines is being forced to realign its international network due to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and western sanctions, especially airspace closures to Russian aircraft.

Aeroflot will now fly from Sochi in southern Russia to six countries and 17 destinations.

The aircraft will be operated by Rossiya.

Using its shorter-range Sukhoi SuperJet 100s, Aeroflot will operate from Sochi to Armenia (Yerevan), Egypt (Cairo), Israel (Tel Aviv), Kazakhstan (Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Nur Sultan), Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Istanbul) and Uzbekistan (Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Urgench, Ferghana).

The international flights will connect to hubs in Moscow (Sheremetyevo), St. Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk.

Aeroflot is avoiding using foreign leased Airbus and Boeing aircraft on the routes due to a real fear of seizure.

Aeroflot issued this statement:

Aeroflot has opened sales of tickets for direct regular flights from Sochi to Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. The flight program is focused on transit passenger traffic and caters to those travelling on routes via Sochi from base airports of the Aeroflot Group airlines in Moscow (Sheremetyevo), Saint-Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk.

Flights from Sochi to 17 destinations will be operated by Rossiya Airlines (a subsidiary of Aeroflot Group) on domestically-produced Superjet 100 aircraft. Up to ten airliners of this type will be based in Sochi to operate the flight program.

Destination		Frequency of flights (per week)	Flights launch date
Country	City	Frequency of flights (per week)	Flights launch date
Armenia	Yerevan	7	8 April
Egypt	Cairo	7	7 April
Israel	Tel Aviv	7	7 April
Kazakhstan	Aktau	3	8 April
	Aktobe	3	7 April
	Almaty	7	8 April
	Atyrau	2	9 April
	Nur-Sultan	7	7 April
Turkey	Antalya	14	7 April
	Bodrum	3	22 April
	Dalaman	2	22 April
	Istanbul	19	7 April
Uzbekistan	Bukhara	3	7 April
	Samarkand	4	8 April
	Tashkent	7	8 April
	Urgench	2	8 April
	Fergana	3	7 April

Aeroflot will continue to explore the perspective of the development of international flights program from Sochi as well as from other cities of Russia.

Previous worldwide route map (now shrunk to six countries):

Previous Route Map to Western Europe:

Top Copyright Photo: Aeroflot Russian Airlines Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B RA-89014 (msn 95025) SVO (OSDU). Image: 921776.

Aeroflot aircraft slide show:

Aeroflot aircraft photo gallery:

Aeroflot uses its SuperJet 100s on foreign routes, the economic and sanctions fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Russian economy is in free fall. The Russian ruble is worth less than a penny.

Russian airlines mainly now fly on domestic routes. There is very little growth potential for them as long as Putin continues his savage attack on Ukraine.

Aeroflot is now pushing ticket sales to international destinations it can still fly to with its Sukhoi SuperJet 100s to avoid their western leased aircraft from being seized.

Aeroflot resumed regular flights to Bishkek and Osh (Kyrgyzstan). Starting on March 14, flights to Bishkek and Osh will be operated daily.

Aeroflot has opened sales of tickets for daily regular flights to Baku. Flights to the capital of Azerbaijan will be operated on Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft, starting from March 21, 2022 on the following schedule (local times):

Flight	Route	Departure	Arrival
SU1854	Moscow (SVO-С) — Baku	11:00	15:40
SU1855	Baku — Moscow (SVO-C)	16:40	19:20

Aeroflot has also opened sales of tickets for daily regular flights to Yerevan. Aeroflot flights to Armenia will resume from March 22, 2022 and will be operated on Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft on the following schedule (local times):

Flight	Route	Departure	Arrival
SU1966	Moscow (SVO-С) — Yerevan	00:10	05:15
SU1967	Yerevan — Moscow (SVO-C)	06:15	09:20

Have fun in Armenia and Azerbaijan!

From 60 Minutes:

Further western sanctions are being discussed:

Impact of sanctions on Russia, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport lays off 7,000 staff members

Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, due to western sanctions and blocked airspace, has been forced to lay off 7,000 employees.

Previously Sheremetyevo International Airport, in order to optimize and concentrate activities in the Northern Terminal Complex (Terminals B and C), suspended passenger service at Terminal D from 00.00 Moscow time on March 15 this year.

The transfer of airline flights from Terminal D will be carried out according to the schedule to Terminal B and Terminal C, respectively. Airlines and commercial partners are informed in advance of upcoming changes.

International flights of Belavia, Aircompany Armenia, Vietnam Airlines, Corendon Airlines, Korean Air, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Aeroflot (flights to the EAEU), Cham Wings Airlines, Air India, Air Serbia for arrival and departure from Terminal D will be transferred to Terminal C.

Domestic flights of Aeroflot, Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda, Yamal, Ikar, Nordwind Airlines, Severstal airlines will be served at Terminal B.

Will Russian airlines return their leased airliners?

Russia is apparently planning to block their airlines from returning (stealing?) Western airliners leased to their airlines.

This will be a major hit to aircraft leasing companies.

From Reuters:

“Russia published a draft law on Thursday that could prevent its airlines returning leased aircraft, raising the stakes in a showdown with Western finance over $10 billion of jets.”

Reporting by Reuters Editing by David Goodman and Mark Potter