This week GT’s Radar talks about the safety of Russian Airlines, with AirlineRatings.com taking the view that it is no longer safe to fly on these airlines because of sanctions and the downgrade of the country’s safety ranking.
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On GT’s Radar Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas explains that “Russian airlines have run out of spare parts and are being forced to split their fleets into flying and grounded and cannibalize parts from the grounded planes.”
“Also, the insurance on the flying assets is now void,” Mr Thomas said.
“Last month the Russian government legalized the cannibalization of aircraft for parts and this is making experts nervous”
Website Poltitico.eu cited Richard Aboulafia, director of U.S.-based AeroDynamic Advisory, who raised safety concerns.
“I wouldn’t feel at all confident flying on a plane in a country that was no longer keeping public maintenance records and was subject to sanctions by the producer countries. I just wouldn’t,” he told the website.
Also last year Patrick Ky, the EU’s top aviation safety official, expressed concern that Russia is using Western-made planes without access to spare parts and proper maintenance, calling the situation “very unsafe.”
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