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The West’s plans to hit Russia’s air transport industry have failed, according to a report in the German newspaper “Die Welt”.
The sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia have not significantly affected civilian air transport in the country, as the number of flights in Russia has risen significantly over the past year.
According to the newspaper’s report, the number of flights in Russia increased by about 20,000 flights in 2023, bringing the total number of flights to 1.28 million, and this rise shows a challenge to expectations that Western sanctions will be effective in harming the Russian air sector.
It should be noted that the European Union imposed a ban on the supply of aircraft and spare parts for civil aviation in Russia, and ordered the termination of contracts with Russian airlines, as part of the sanctions measures imposed on Russia over the events in Ukraine.
However, the newspaper reports that civil air transport in Russia is still operating normally, although most of the fleet of Russian airlines consists of aircraft made by European Airbus and American Boeing.
The rise in the number of flights in Russia shows the continuity of the Russian air sector despite the sanctions and restrictions imposed on it.
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