Flying an airplane is now legal in Russia. President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree allowing Russian airlines to register aircraft rented from foreign companies in their names. Enough to allow these companies to appropriate the approximately 500 leased Airbus and Boeing aircraft in service in Russia – approximately 50% of the Russian airliner fleet – which should have been returned to their owners before the end of the month. .
Incidentally, the Russian government has also authorized them to convert the certificates of airworthiness of their aircraft registered abroad into national certificates. A measure that is just as contrary to international air transport regulations. It could concern 745 aircraft – airliners and business jets – out of the 1,367 commercial aircraft operated in Russia.