Turkey has banned Russian planes from flying in its airspace
Turkey government from November 1 weather banned the flights of aircraft registered in two jurisdictions
Turkey government from November 1 weather banned the flights of aircraft registered in two jurisdictions.
The CEO of Pegas Touristik tourist operator, member of the board of directors of Nordwind aviation company informed the Russian RBK agency about this. Anna Podgornaya gave
According to Podgornaya, in connection with this ban of Turkey, for example, the duration of flights to Egypt 20– It took 30 minutes. However, he added that this did not affect the prices of tourist packages.
Aeroflot, Rossiya, Pegas Fly, Red Wings and iFly airlines have or are planning flights in the direction in question.
RBK has sent inquiries to these companies.
Russia The representative of the Ministry of Transport said that the institution is about this Turkey wants to start negotiations with in the nearest days.
The representative called the accusation of dual registration “discrimination”.
Russia “It’s against the convention,” he says
According to the official of the ministry, imposing restrictions on airlines due to dual registration is contrary to the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Article 44 of the Chicago Convention.
Russia The Ministry of Transport also blames Bermuda for the incident. This country does not want to remove its registration from aircraft registered in Russia.
The ministry says that this action of Bermuda is a gross violation of the Chicago Convention.
There is also the fact that only leasing companies can authorize the removal of aircraft from the former jurisdiction.
Last May, China also adopted a similar decision regarding the dual registration of Boeing and Airbus aircraft of Russian airlines.
ICAO thinks differently from Moscow
Most of the planes of Russian aviation companies are registered in Bermuda.
Following Russia’s unwarranted and unprovoked intervention in Ukraine in March, the government of Bermuda suspended the airworthiness certificates of these aircraft.
Russia has registered up to 500 aircraft under its jurisdiction to keep its aviation fleet in motion.
560 in Russia as of September plane It is sold in both Bermuda and Russia.
As a result of the ICAO audit, Russia has been included in the category of countries with serious problems related to flight safety.
At that time, it was reported that the reason for this was the dual registration of the planes.