Airbus returned to Aeroflot an advance of $199 million for 4 aircraft

In mid-June 2023, Airbus returned to Aeroflot an advance of $199 million for four long-haul A350-900 aircraft, which were never delivered to the carrier.

Aeroflot signed a direct contract with Airbus back in 2007 for the supply of 22 aircraft. But in connection with the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, as well as the subsequent sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation, Airbus was unable to fulfill all the conditions under the contract. According to RBC, the Russian airline was able to find a common consensus with the Western company Airbus, the second, in turn, also went towards the Russian partners despite the existing sanctions against Russia. In December 2022, Aeroflot received a refund of $199 million from Airbus for four A350-900 aircraft.

Airbus returns Aeroflot advance for A350-900 aircraft

The general director of Aeroflot Sergey Alexandrovsky said that this event took place against the background of unprecedented sanctions against Russia, prohibiting the supply of new aircraft and components to the country. In addition, Russian airlines were closed access to airspace,,, and European Union USA Canada Great Britain a number of other countries, and such as states the EU and the United States demanded the return of aircraft Boeing and Airbus taken on credit to the Russian Federation.

According to RBC, by the end of 2022, there were 357 aircraft in the Aeroflot group, which includes the airline of the same name, Russian Airlines and Pobeda. 13 foreign-made aircraft were blocked at the request of lessors due to Western sanctions. At the same time, most aircraft were blocked during scheduled maintenance or during international flights, as well as due to the closure of airspace by other countries unfriendly to Russia.^[1]

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