Aeroflot halts low-cost flights amid new EU sanctions.
Russian airline Aeroflot has cancelled all the flights of its new low-cost arm as increased European Union sanctions over the Ukraine crisis caused its aircraft leasing agreements to be scrapped.
The EU announced punitive measures on the airline, Dobrolet, last Thursday when it expanded its list of sanctions on Russia to include 95 people and 23 organisations who were subject to travel bans and asset freezes.
In a statement on its website, Dobrolet – which launched in June – said it had been “forced to temporarily suspend flights on all routes”.
The firm, which is partly owned by the state, said the sanctions imposed resulted in the cancellation of contracts under which it leased Boeing 737-800 planes. The airline added that European firms had refused to provide services, including flight information, repair and maintenance.
Passengers flying between Dobrolet’s base in Moscow and Simferopol, a city on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March, will be transported on the carrier’s sister budget airline, Orenair. Other passengers will have their tickets refunded.
It currently serves seven other cities in Russia using Boeing 737 aircraft and had expansion plans for other destinations.
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