Russia is stripping airplanes for parts amid sanctions-induced shortage
Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Rossiya Airlines jet aircrafts at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport.
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Russia has started stripping jetliners of spare parts they can no longer obtain from overseas due to Western sanctions, Reuters reported, citing several anonymous sources.
The majority of Russia’s jetliner fleet is made up of Western passenger planes, and one fairly new Airbus 350 as well as a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 are already being dismantled, Reuters wrote.
Sanctions imposed by Western countries after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February have cut many of Russia’s business links to the countries it previously traded with, and have prevented its airlines from being able to get maintenance and spare parts in the West.
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