Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia’s civil aviation regulator (Rosaviatsiya), has confirmed that S7 Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) is experiencing problems keeping its fleet of A320neo and A321neo aircraft in the air, with Western sanctions on Russia hampering the maintenance of their Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines. Separately, S7 has come out in opposition to a Kremlin plan to reconstruct airports at the expense of airlines’ revenues.

Yadrov told the Russian news agency TASS on July 1 that the P&W issue could affect…

Source: ch aviation
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