The European Commission has added 21 Russian airlines to its list of carriers subject to an operating ban or restrictions within the European Union, as announced by the bloc on Monday, APA reports citing Teletrader.
"The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has allowed Russian airlines to operate hundreds of foreign-owned aircraft without a valid Certificate of Airworthiness. The Russian airlines concerned have knowingly done so in breach of relevant international safety standards," stated Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean.
However, the commissioner reaffirmed that the adopted decision is not, in any case, part of the sanctions imposed on Moscow due to its military operation. "I want to make it crystal-clear that this decision is not another sanction against Russia; it has been taken solely based on technical and safety grounds. We do not mix safety with politics," added Valean.
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