Flights from the UK to Ukraine have been suspended after Russia invaded the country in the early hours of this morning.
Despite claiming for weeks that it had no intention of doing so, Russia has launched and air and ground invasion of Ukraine bringing worldwide condemnation.
To protect civilian flights, Ukraine closed its airspace and withdrew air traffic services as soon as the invasion began.
Ryanair has confirmed it is suspending flights to the region for a minimum of 14 days
Wizz Air has backtracked over its decision to resume flights to Moscow and Krasnodar in Russia following a backlash over its plans to use its Abu Dhabi arm to get past sanctions against the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Although Abu Dhabi has not imposed sanctions on Russia, Wizz [read more]
Dublin based leasing specialist AerCap has said it will be terminating hundreds of aircraft leases it has with Russian airlines after the EU announced sanctions against Russia. AerCap is the world’s largest lessor of airliners and a large proportion of the 980 strong Russian passenger fleet, approx 800, are leased. [read more]
Sources familiar with the situation have said that Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline and flag carrier is “unlikely” to hand back airliners it has leased from Western companies such as AerCap and SMBC Aviation. Sanctions imposed on the county by the EU mean that lessors have until the 28th March to [read more]
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