EU blacklists 21 Russian airlines over ‘serious safety concerns’

Brussels (CNN) — The European Union has blacklisted 21 Russian-certified airways, together with nationwide service Aeroflot, over “severe security considerations.”

The transfer, which prohibits the airways from getting into EU airspace, comes after Russia’s try to beat sanctions imposed within the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.

In doing so, the EU mentioned Russia was intentionally permitting foreign-owned plane to proceed to fly with out assembly security requirements.

“The Russian Federal Air Transport Company has allowed Russian airways to function a whole lot of foreign-owned plane and not using a legitimate certificates of airworthiness,” the European Fee mentioned in an announcement.

Saying the ban, European Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean mentioned that “the Russian airways involved have knowingly carried out so in breach of related worldwide security requirements.”

”We don’t combine security with politics’

However Vălean mentioned the newest determination was purely a matter of aviation security.

“I need to make it crystal-clear that this determination isn’t one other sanction towards Russia; it has been taken solely on the idea of technical and security grounds,” she mentioned.

“We don’t combine security with politics,” Vălean harassed.

The EU added that “the state of affairs will proceed to be intently monitored within the coming weeks and months, and if obligatory, additional motion could also be taken.”

The complete record of banned airways

The fee mentioned the next airways are a part of the ban:

• Aeroflot
• Aircompany Ikar
• Alrosa Air Firm
• Aurora Airways
• Aviastartu
• Iraero Airways
• Izhavia
• Nordstar Airways
• Nord Wind
• Pobeda Airways
• Rossiya Airways
• Rusjet
• Rusline
• Siberia Airways
• Skol Airways
• Smartavia Airways
• Ural Airways
• Utar Aviation
• UVT Aero
• Yakutia
• Yamal Airways

High picture: A Russian Aeroflot plane. (Shutterstock).