Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said that Russian aviation lost 76 passenger aircraft due to sanctions.
“We were suddenly caught off guard by the decisions to take away the planes”
Vitaly Savelyev
In the spring of 2022, the European Union introduced a ban not only on the supply of new European-made aircraft and spare parts to Russia, but also on the use by Russian airlines of aircraft that belonged to European leasing companies.
Currently, Russian airlines have 1,167 passenger aircraft.
