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According to wikipedia their fleet is 95 % Airbus and Boing. I’d assume the sanctions (lack of parts/service) may make it not possible to operate those. In that
by topper-123 5y ago
According to wikipedia their fleet is 95 % Airbus and Boing. I’d assume the sanctions (lack of parts/service) may make it not possible to operate those. In that case the sanctions are very effective.
It will also be very interesting to see if they can continue to produce, or even maintain, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 while under sanctions (The engine is partly made by french company Snecma). If they can’t, the russian aviation industry will come to a screeching halt, very fast.
Interesting times for everyone, and not in a good way…
- prasadjoglekar 5y agoIndeed. I'm curious if the same sanctions/parts and maintenance issues effectively ground domestic air travel too.
- sharken 5y agoMaybe not in a good way, but it does seem like the western-based sanctions are enough to force Putin to do negotiations. A stale mate would be that western sanctions are not enough, which is the worst case scenario.
- ralfn 5y agoEurope will not reduce sanctions until Putin is in the Hague on trial and Russian forces have left Ukraine. And even then Europe will spend and spend on miltary until we can take the nukes away from Russia by force. We won't be save until that day. So that's the end goal.
- sharken 5y agoAm 100% onboard with this strategy, even though it's important to keep in mind that a solution has to be one that Putin can accept. Total neutrality for Ukraine seems to be the best he can hope for.