US EditionRussia Calls On UN Aviation Body to Lift Sanctions – Reuters
Russia claims Western sanctions harm aviation safety by restricting spare parts and airspace, affecting over 700 jets, and urges the International Civil Aviation Organization to reconsider measures.
- As the ICAO 42nd Assembly convenes in Montreal from Sept. 23 to Oct. 3, Russia urged the International Civil Aviation Organization to ease sanctions on spare parts and overflights.
- Since Western sanctions were imposed after the 2022 invasion, Russia lost access to foreign-made aircraft and spare parts, faced airspace closures by 37 countries, and suspension of airworthiness certificates plus maintenance and insurance bans.
- Operational incidents underscore safety strains, as Russia's Boeing and Airbus fleet ages with parts only from unofficial 'gray' market channels; Aeroflot grounded flights after a cyberattack and a Soviet-era Antonov An-24 crash killed 48 people.
- The request followed the U.S. partial easing of sanctions on Belarusian state carrier Belavia last week, complicating the ICAO meeting in Montreal, which condemned Moscow for airspace violations.
- Moscow is seeking a seat on ICAO's 36-member governing council after failing in 2022, despite aviation disruptions from Ukrainian attacks and the recent reopening of Krasnodar International Airport.
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Russia Makes Pressure to Escape International Aviation Sanctions. What Motive Is Moscow Calling For?
Russia is putting pressure on the UN civil aviation agency to raise sanctions on the delivery of parts for aircraft and aircraft, warning that they would threaten the safety of flights, writes Independent Kyiv.
The Russian Federation has requested the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to ease the sanctions imposed by the invasion of Ukraine, as described by Reuters, whose journalists have read the drafts of Russian documents.
Russia Calls On UN Aviation Body to Lift Sanctions – Reuters
Russia has asked the UN’s aviation body to ease sanctions on spare parts and overflights that were imposed over the invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported Monday, citing documents it had seen and a source familiar with the matter.
Russia cites air safety in bid to lift international aviation sanctions
Reuters reported on Sept. 22 that Russia is pressing the U.N. civil aviation agency to lift sanctions on the shipment of aircraft parts and overflights, warning that they allegedly threaten air safety. The agency cited an undisclosed source and working papers.
Russia has appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with a call to relax the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia asks UN aviation agency ICAO to ease sanctions over safety concerns
Russia is urging the U.N. civil aviation agency to ease sanctions on spare parts and overflights, dismissing its response to the war in Ukraine as \"unlawful coercive measures,\" according to working papers and a source familiar with the matter. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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