The US Department of Commerce included in the list of sanctions the planes of Russian companies engaged in business transportation.
As "Izvestia" writes, in particular, three Gulfstream Aerospace G450 business jets and one Airbus A320 of Meridian Airlines, two Gulfstream G550 and G650 of North-West, one G650 jet and Boeing 737 Premier Avia were blacklisted. also one Airbus A319 of the RusJet company, reports The Moscow Times.
According to the Flightradar service, of the nine business jets that have come under sanctions, only two Merid planesiana" continue to fly within Russia, as well as to Turkey (Istanbul, Dalaman and Bodrum) and Azerbaijan (Baku). Another Gulfstream has not flown since September last year, and another since June 2023. Other operators' planes stopped flying at the end of July - early August.
Also, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Ministry of Trade added new aircraft of Russian mainline airlines to the list. The list was replenished with 117 units operated by Aeroflot, Pobyeda, S7 Airlines, Norwind, Nordstar, Ural Airlines, Utair, Yamal, Smartavia and others.
In total, 297 aircraft of Russian companies are now listed on the sanctions list of the US Department of Commerce, including two business jets of billionaire Roman Abramovich. The previous version of the list was compiled in March 2023.
Sanctions against Russian civil aviation were first introduced in March 2022 in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, the USA, EU, Great Britain and Canada closed their skies to Russian planes. After that, Washington warned international airports around the world that the sanctions prohibit refueling, maintenance and repair of aircraft from Russia.