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> ure, GE could stop selling the engine in the future but the engine that has been sold is Air India's property not G You do realize engines like this require

by qwytw 3y ago

> ure, GE could stop selling the engine in the future but the engine that has been sold is Air India's property not G You do realize engines like this require continuous maintenance, access to parts etc? They couldn't safely operate their fleet for very long without western companies. Risking all of that just so that they wouldn't have to delay the repairs for a few weeks or even months would make zero sense. > Indian policy is to do trade with Russia and that is all that matters here. Air India operates zero Russian airplanes and it's fleet is exclusively made up from Airbus and Boeing jets. There are zero practical reasons for them to want to move away from that now.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> couldn't safely operate their fleet for very long without western companies Nor legally. Overfly regulations generally require minimum standards be met. This is why Iranian and Russian jets are largely confined to domestic service.
- jhugo 3y ago
  Check out your favorite ADS-B website some time to see the extent of that “domestic service”. Russian regs are frequently in the Middle East, China and South East Asia. Iranian regs operate scheduled service to EU airports and China and also frequently visit South America.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    Hence “largely.” And look at which planes and engines are flowing as well as how they’re owned and serviced. It’s deliberate, costly and not something you voluntarily subject yourself to for the benefit of salvaging a single jet.
    - jhugo 3y ago
      The EU flights of Iranian airlines are an example of this, but virtually none of the others are; Iranian aircraft with undoubtedly questionable parts provenance are flying over myriad countries daily on their way to and from East Asia and South America. Your assertion about countries imposing tight standards on overflights really only applies to EU, US and a handful of other countries; most are not really willing / in a position to do so.

by qwytw 3y ago

JumpCrisscross 3y ago

> couldn't safely operate their fleet for very long without western companies Nor legally. Overfly regulations generally require minimum standards be met. This is why Iranian and Russian jets are largely confined to domestic service.

jhugo 3y ago
Check out your favorite ADS-B website some time to see the extent of that “domestic service”. Russian regs are frequently in the Middle East, China and South East Asia. Iranian regs operate scheduled service to EU airports and China and also frequently visit South America.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  Hence “largely.” And look at which planes and engines are flowing as well as how they’re owned and serviced. It’s deliberate, costly and not something you voluntarily subject yourself to for the benefit of salvaging a single jet.
  - jhugo 3y ago
    The EU flights of Iranian airlines are an example of this, but virtually none of the others are; Iranian aircraft with undoubtedly questionable parts provenance are flying over myriad countries daily on their way to and from East Asia and South America. Your assertion about countries imposing tight standards on overflights really only applies to EU, US and a handful of other countries; most are not really willing / in a position to do so.