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Russian Airlines Ask To Return Planes To Lessors
For the first time since the beginning of the economic sanctions, two Russian airlines have asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to return some aircraft to foreign lessors. The applications were submitted in April and May, but the ministry has yet to respond. Request to return the MAX One of the Russian airlines was S7, which wished to return two Boeing 737 MAX. The two aircraft are currently not certified, and any operation of the aircraft type was banned due to the two fatal… (www.msn.com) More...
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In this industry a successful global and longterm strategy would need to have favorable relationships with Western manufacturers and supply chain. Russian businessmen aren't stupid; even a suggestion or appearance of compliance might be enough to curry some needed good will, or, at least negotiations
...agreed, I would suspect that not everyone in Russia is on board with this Ukraine fiasco...
I agree that not only everyone in Russia, but I would suggest that not Many outside of Putin and his cronies are in favor of the war in Ukraine. This article says that the 737 Max was never re-certified. Does that mean re-certified in Russia, because, it was, in fact, re-certified in November of 2020.
It may be that necessary changes have not been done required for recertification
Agreed, a level of pragmatism on the part of the airline directors - however small - is worthy of note. At some point, they will be back playing on the world stage and will need the services of Western lessors and aircraft. These B38M's are probably due for B or C checks at this point and their required software updates to return their airworthiness certs (plus whatever else has been neglected in the interim)
Exactly. If/when relation normalize again they don't want to have any outstanding debt for planes they don't use anyways.
