Boeing is no longer purchasing titanium from Russia, a move that will speed up the company’s push to diversify its supply of the raw material and could affect its partnership with major supplier VSMPO-AVISMA.
The closure of Russian airspace stemming from that country’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing international operators to divert from traditional routes between the U.S. to India and the Asia-Pacific region, adding hours to their flight time, says a corporate flight department chief pilot.
Russian carrier Aeroflot is suspending all international flights starting March 8, while Eastern European ULCC Wizz Air has confirmed that four of its aircraft remain stranded in Ukraine.
Federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya has recommended that local carriers with aircraft leased from foreign lessors and registered abroad suspend all international passenger and cargo services.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can significantly alter mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Western aerospace and defense (A&D), several seasoned experts said recently at separate events, including Aviation Week’s Raw Materials and Commercial Aviation Supplier conferences.
Lessors with Western-built aircraft in the hands of Russian operators face few good options on how to manage their exposed assets—from challenging repossession logistics to uncertainty over whether operators can make payments or secure aftermarket support.
Satellites detected GPS interference on the border between Ukraine and Belarus shortly before Russia invaded on Feb. 24, according to data released on March 4 by commercial space company HawkEye 360.
As western sanctions begin to take hold and Russian aircraft owners find themselves with assets they cannot use or even maintain, it is possible some will seek
The closure of Russian airspace to Finnish airlines is hitting Finnair hard as the majority of the flag-carrier’s pre-COVID revenues came from long-haul flights to Asia that overfly Russian territory.
Dassault engineers, who have put a special focus on meeting the Falcon 6X development program schedule, are facing new challenges to have the aircraft enter into service on time.
Korean Air has become the latest carrier to suspend its flights to Moscow since the Ukraine conflict began, while Japanese airlines are extending their cancelation of most European flights.
Sanctions being imposed on Russia will cripple the country’s business-aviation sector, according to a panel of aerospace lawyers convened by Corporate Jet Investor for a Town Hall webinar on March 2.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing the French ministry of armed forces to rethink some plans, from a satellite launch to the use of large military transports.
The U.S. military on March 1 established a deconfliction line with the Russian Ministry of Defense aimed at avoiding incidents in the airspace over Eastern Europe amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Russia will stop supplying RD-181 engines, which are used on Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket, to the U.S. in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed in response to the conflict in Ukraine.
Technology firms Sabre and Amadeus will remove Aeroflot’s inventory from their respective global distribution systems (GDS) due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Embraer is no longer supporting operators in Russia and Belarus, joining other major Western aerospace manufacturers in taking action in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
