Russian passenger airlines have already deregistered 87 aircraft from the Bermuda registry. This follows from a letter from Dmitry Stepanko, Acting Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport, to carriers dated September 8 (Izvestia has a copy) and these editorial sources in leasing companies.
According to the ministry, Utair bought 27 aircraft (Boeing 737 and Boeing 767) from foreign lessors and the European subsidiary of SberLeasing and deregistered in Bermuda. Aeroflot has deregistered 17 aircraft (Boeing 777, Airbus A320 and A-330). Five more Boeings were deregistered in Bermuda by Aeroflot’s subsidiary, Rossiya Airlines. Three Airbus A321s were “debermuidized” by Yamal, one Boeing by NordStar, and three Boeing 777s by Red Wings.
Two more Boeings were removed from the Bermuda registry by the charter airline Azur Air (according to the registry itself, 14 aircraft of this carrier were removed from registration), one Boeing was Gazpromavia. The local carrier from Tatarstan, UVT Aero, managed to remove seven aircraft from foreign registration, the business operator Rusjet – three aircraft.
Also, as of October 3, six more Boeing 737-8 S7 Airlines (owned by STLC) were “debermudised”, Izvestia was convinced. This was confirmed by a source in STLC.
The aircraft withdrawn from foreign registers is only 12% of the foreign aircraft fleet of the Russian Federation, which has 738 aircraft (according to the aviation development program until 2030). All deregistered aircraft abroad are registered in the Russian register.
At the end of March, Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev reported that airlines had formed a pool of 193 aircraft that could and continue to fly abroad. These are 148 Russian Superjet 100s, one Tu-204 and 44 Boeing and Airbus, the official said. Thus, the “clean” import fleet of the Russian Federation has grown by 43 aircraft in six months, or doubled.
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