Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in June-September 2018

11:30 25.10.2018

Crimea

Olha KORBUT
Expert of the monitoring group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs

Translated by Tetyana PUCHKOVA

The monitoring group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, the BSNews and the Maidan of Foreign Affairs presents the June-September 2018 results of monitoring the illegal flights of the Russian airlines to and from the occupied Crimea.

Simferopol International Airport new terminal that started working in April 2018. Photo: http://new.sipaero.ru

Since July 2014, the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies Institute, the Maidan of Foreign Affairs and BlackSeaNews has been monitoring daily air traffic over the Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula.

Persuant to the UN General Assembly resolution on territorial integrity of Ukraine #68/262 from March 27, 2014, the airspace above Crimea has been closed for the aircraft trafic due to the Russian occupation of the peninsula and therefore, the impossibility for Ukraine to provide sky security over the ARC. However, from the beginning of the annexation, Russian airlines established the illegal regular air service with the single operating in Crimea Simferopol airport, thus, daily violating the airspace and the state border of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territory.

Since July 2014, more than 40 Russian airlines have flown to the Simferopol airport.

During the summer and the first month of the fall 2018, the following airlines carried out regular passenger transportation to Simferopol airport: Aeroflot, Russia, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines, Globus, Red Wings, NordAvia, Nordwind Airlines, Pegas Fly, Yamal, Yakutia, YuVT, Alrosa, Gazpromavia, Izavia, Severstal, Ruslane, Azimuth and Kostroma, 19 total.

Over the summer, Russian carriers conducted regular flights between the Simferopol airport and 67 other destinations. Most passengers flew from Moscow, while fewer from St. Petersburg. Connections with other Russian cities ranged from one flight per week to several per day.

Due to the high airfare to Crimea in the tourist season, the Russian occupation authorities annually offer a subsidy program for certain categories of travelers.

In 2018, the RF budget allocations for passenger air transportation to a variety of Russian cities, including those in the occupied Crimea, totalled 3.8 billion rubles. Under the terms of the program, the discounted tickets were extended to citizens under 23 y.o., retireed, adults of the 1st disability category and disabled children of the 2nd and 3rd disability categories as well as persons accompanying those. The subsidies to/from Simferopol have been valid for the period between May 15-November 30, 2018.

However, the actual sale of such tickets for Russia's largest air carriers, Aeroflot and Russia lasted only six days (from March 29, 2018) and in August.

As of October 17, 2018, air carriers stated that they used the annual quota for the discounted tickets to the occupied peninsula, so this year there would be no more available for sale. Overall, in 2018, only seven Russian airlines offered the discounted airfare to Crimea, while the rest had refused to participate in the program due to unfavorable conditions for carriers. Until January 1, 2019 the VAT rate on flights to to Crimea remains zero, while for other domestic flights the it is 10%. Also, with the start of the new terminal’s operation, airport charges at the Simferopol airport have grown by 10%, which will lead to an increase in ticket prices to/from the peninsula.

The BSNews website provides comparative graphs of the flights numbers to and from the Simferopol airport in the various months of the Russian occupation.

Meanwhile, the chart below shows the monthly data for June-September 2014-2018 that allows to compare the traffic frequency for the same period in the different years of the occupation.

The overall dynamics remains the same — the number of flights has been steadlity dropping since 2016.

According to Russia’s Transport Clearing Company, the number of passenger seats to the occupied Crimea for the 2018 high season has been cut by 22%, compared to 2017.

So, the pompous declarations of the peninsula’s occupation «authorities» and the Simferopol airport’s management on the growth of the passenger traffic are simply false.

Over the six months of the new terminal’s operation, passenger traffic to and from Simferopol has totaled 23,400 flights. This figure differs from the 26 000 announced by the "airport management", since while we count the number of actual aircrafts flying to and from Simferopol, the occupation «authorities» counts the flights of different airlines even if they are carried out by the same aircraft.

The monthly flight dynamics to and from the occupied Simferopol (see the chart below) is as follows:

2014 — 3650 flights in July, 4434 in August and 3700 in September
2015 — 5018 flights in June, 5938 in July, 6454 in August and 5292 in September
2016 — 5688 flights in June, 5852 in July, 6026 in August and 4926 in September
2017 — 4448 flights in June, 5196 in July, 5368 in August and 4524 in September
2018 — 4328 flights in June, 5034 in July, 5284 in August and 4380 in September

Monthly Flight Dynamics to and from the Occupied Crimea
in June-September 2018

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The Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group also regularly monitors the subsequent movement of aircrafts that illegally fly to the occupied Crimea. We can confirm that a number of them also provide passenger traffic to the European countries that have condemned the Russian annexation of Crimea. The database of those aircrafts is being continuously updated and expanded. Previous monitoring results can be found in the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and the Maidan of Foreign Affairs monthly air traffic reviews.

The table below details the European flights by the Russian airlines that regularly fly to the Simferopol airport:

Aircraft #
VQ-BFV	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	SVX-SIP U6527 Landed 07:33 22.08.2018	Moscow-Frankfurt, Germany U6787 Landed 16:55 23.08.2018 Yekaterinburg-Prague, Czech Republic U6701 Landed 17:00 24.08.2018 Moscow-Munich, Germany U6799 Landed 13:06 06.09.2018
VP-BRM	Airbus A321-131	Red Wings	SIP-DME WZ310 02.06.2018 04:30	Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro WZ533 Landed 11:33 03.06.2018 Moscow-Batumi, Georgia WZ551 Landed 20:24 08.06.2018 Moscow-Naples, Italy WZ9255 Landed 18:10 09.06.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey WZ4019 Landed 14:06 19.06.2018 Moscow-Rimini, Italy WZ9257 Landed 18:16 20.06.2018 Moscow-Belgrade, Serbia WZ537 Landed 02:39 26.06.2018
VQ-BRR	Boeing 737-8LP	S7 Airlines/ Globus	DME-SIP S7265 Landed 22:46 19.09.2018	Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7603 Landed 15:18 20.09.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany S7991 Landed 16:03 22.09.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey S75637 Landed 05:07 26.09.2018
VP-BDH	Boeing 737-8Q8	S7 Airlines/ Globus	SIP-DME S7/GH266 15.06.2018 23:57	Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7925 Landed 14:33 18.06.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany S7991 Landed 15:06 19.06.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7603 Landed 15:14 01.07.2018
VQ-BUF	Boeing 737-8GJ	Rossiya	SIP-TJM SU/FV6854 01.06.2018 21:48	Moscow-Pafos, Cyprus SU/FV5705 Landed 17:49 04.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Tivat, Montenegro SU/FV5775 Landed 16:19 08.06.2018 Moscow-Corfu, Greece SU/FV5759 Landed 03:35 09.06.2018 Moscow-Rimini, Italy SU/FV5727 Landed 12:27 09.06.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus SU/FV5717 Landed 06:01 10.06.2018 Moscow-Varna, Bulgaria SU/FV5737 Landed 09:58 11.06.2018 Moscow-Bodrum, Turkey SU/FV5667 Landed 03:50 13.06.2018 Moscow-Heraklion, Greece SU/FV5755 Landed 22:15 13.06.2018
VP-BSK (TC-AAL)	Boeing 737-82R	Nordwind Airlines	SIP-SVO N4124 04.06.2018 09:41	Djerba, Tunisia-Antalya, Turkey N47750 Landed 00:07 05.06.2018 Moscow-Monastir, Tunisia N47123 Landed 16:01 06.06.2018 Houston, USA-St.Petersburg N4207 Landed 21:35 12.06.2018 Chelyabinsk-Heraklion, Greece N47109 Landed 12:01 01.07.2018 Krasnodar-Antalya, Turkey N41819 Landed 21:00 01.07.2018 Krasnodar-Monastir, Tunisia N41759 Landed 05:03 02.07.2018 Heraklion, Greece-Novosibirsk N41622 12:19 03.07.2018
VP-BQK	Airbus A319-111	Rossiya	LED-SIP SU6883 Landed 14:39 12.09.2018	St.Petersburg-Milan, Italy SU6673 Landed 12:23 13.09.2018 St.Petersburg-Nice, France SU6633 Landed 11:32 14.09.2018 St.Petersburg-London, UK SU6619 Landed 15:46 17.09.2018 Moscow-Paris, France SU6637 Landed 13:46 18.09.2018 St.Petersburg-Rome, Italy SU6675 Landed 11:51 20.09.2018
VQ-BDM	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	SIP-KJA U63 04.06.2018 00:32	Moscow-Batumi, Georgia U62643 Landed 13:34 07.06.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey U63263 Landed 07:20 08.06.2018 Moscow-Warsaw, Poland U6819 Landed 13:04 15.06.2018 Moscow-Copenhagen, Denmark U63923 Landed 17:32 27.06.2018 Yekaterinburg-Rome, Italy U6727 Landed 08:43 28.06.2018 Moscow-Burgas, Bulgaria U6835 Landed 06:24 29.06.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro U63171 Landed 15:21 01.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Tel Aviv, Israel U6887 Landed 20:39 02.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Frankfurt, Germany U6717 Landed 03.07.2018
VP-BWH	Airbus A320-214	Rossiya	SIP-LED SU/FV6898 25.06.2018 07:07	St.Petersburg-Tivat, Montenegro SU/FV6717 Landed 17:08 26.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Burgas, Bulgaria SU/FV6607 Landed 21:38 02.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Paris, France SU6635 Landed 11:39 19.09.2018
VP-BTZ	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	DME-SIP U6521 01.06.2018 Landed 15:15	Yekaterinburg-Bologna, Italy U67073 Landed 08:22 02.06.2018 Rostov-on-Don-Bologna, Italy U67077 Landed 18:48 02.06.2018 Yekaterinburg-Paris, France U6709 Landed 09:10 03.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Frankfurt, Germany U6717 Landed 17:53 07.06.2018 Moscow-Frankfurt, Germany U6787 Landed 17:22 12.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Tbilisi, Georgia U62801 Landed 10:38 17.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Batumi, Georgia U62701 Landed 17:46 19.06.2018
VQ-BVK	Boeing 737-8GJ	S7 Airlines / Globus	OVB-SIP S7/GH3329 01.06.2018 Landed 22:18	Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7/GH925 Landed 14:33 08.06.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7/GH603 Landed 15:22 15.06.2018 Moscow-Reykjavik, Iceland S7/GH613 Landed 10:40 23.06.2018 Novosibirsk-Frankfurt, Germany S7/GH851 Landed 09:36 30.06.2018
VP-BLP	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1637 24.06.2018 Landed 08:47	Moscow-Frankfurt, Germany SU2656 Landed 17:15 25.06.2018 Moscow-Hanover, Germany SU2342 Landed 12:39 26.06.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2436 Landed 22:01 26.06.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2316 Landed 21:02 27.06.2018 Moscow-Chisinau, Moldova SU1846 Landed 10:29 28.06.2018 Moscow-Stockholm, Sweden SU2210 Landed 11:37 29.06.2018 Moscow-Brussels, Belgium SU2618 Landed 22:15 29.06.2018 Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2032 Landed 08:48 30.06.2018 Moscow-Istanbul, Turkey SU2136 Landed 14:09 02.07.2018 Moscow-Brussels, Belgium SU2618 Landed 22:32 02.07.2018
VQ-BTP	Airbus A319-112	Ural Airlines	DME-SIP U643 06.06.2018 Landed 21:14	Yekaterinburg-Paris, France U6709 Landed 10:00 07.06.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey U63289 Landed 23:24 15.06.2018 Sochi-Tbilisi, Georgia U62471 Landed 00:05 16.06.2018
VQ-BOB	Airbus A321-211	Ural Airlines	DME-SIP U62841 03.06.2018 Landed 19:07	Moscow-Antalya, Turkey U63001 Landed 16:36 04.06.2018 Yekaterinburg-Heraklion, Greece U67005 Landed 19:13 07.06.2018 Moscow-Barcelona, Spain U6885 Landed 18:38 09.06.2018 St.Petersburg-Palma de Mallorca, Spain U65089 Landed 17:18 10.06.2018 Arkhangelsk-Antalya, Turkey U61137 Landed 17:37 12.06.2018 Moscow-Rimini, Italy U67041 Landed 18:39 16.06.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro U63539 Landed 06:40 17.06.2018 Yekaterinburg-Burgas, Bulgaria U6835 Landed 17:42 18.06.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus U67029 Landed 14:16 26.06.2018
VQ-BIZ	Boeing 737-86N	Yakutia Airlines	VKO-SIP R3471 02.06.2018 Landed 15:00	Moscow-Antalya, Turkey R39851 Landed 17:57 23.06.2018 Moscow-Varna, Bulgaria R39849 Landed 06:26 26.06.2018 Izmir, Turkey-Moscow R39848 16:41 26.06.2018
VP-BQF	Boeing 737-83N	S7 Airlines / Globus	OVB-SIP S7/GH3327 03.06.2018 Landed 11:48	Moscow-Verona, Italy S7697 Landed 14:33 10.06.2018 Novosibirsk-Larnaca, Cyprus S7821 Landed 08:48 12.06.2018 Moscow-Pafos, Cyprus S7601 Landed 15:21 17.06.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7925 Landed 14:23 26.06.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany S7991 Landed 15:13 28.06.2018
VQ-BVV	Boeing 737-8LJ	Rossiya	VKO-SIP FV5517 14.08.2018 Landed 09:14	Moscow-Antalya, Turkey FV5837 Landed 20:56 14.08.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus FV5721 Landed 07:23 15.08.2018 Moscow-Barcelona, Spain SU6679 Landed 14:32 16.08.2108 Moscow-Nice, France SU6640 Landed 18:22 17.08.2018
VP-BNN	Airbus A319-111	Rossiya	LED-SIP SU6883 02.08.2018 Landed 14:44	St.Petersburg-Barcelona, Spain SU6701 Landed 10:45 05.08.2018 Moscow-Paris, France SU6637 Landed 14:10 07.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Rome, Italy SU6675 Landed 12:02 09.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Milan, Italy SU6673 Landed 12:06 10.08.2018 St.Petersburg-London, UK SU6619 Landed 16:10 11.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Hamburg, Germany SU6653 Landed 15:37 14.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Istanbul, Turkey SU6695 Landed 01:13 14.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Vienna, Austria SU6603 Landed 10:30 17.08.2018 St.Peterburg-Varna, Bulgaria SU6611 Landed 19:50 17.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Munich, Germany SU6657 Landed 11:08 18.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Berlin, Germany SU6631 Landed 16:30 21.08.2018
VQ-BKU	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1632 21.06.2018 Landed 07:32	Moscow-London, UK SU2576 Landed 10:48 23.06.2018 Moscow-Stockholm, Sweden SU2210 Landed 11:47 04.07.2018 Moscow-Milan, Italy SU2410 Landed 11:01 11.07.2018 Moscow-Bologna, Italy SU2424 Landed 10:44 12.07.2018 Moscow-Riga, Latvia SU2680 Landed 19:44 12.07.2018 Paris, France-Moscow SU2701 07:37 15.07.2018 Prague, Czech Republic-Moscow SU2011 10:19 19.07.2018 Moscow-Vienna, Austria SU2354 Landed 21:44 19.07.2018 Moscow-Split, Croatia SU2016 Landed 19:24 20.07.2018 Moscow-Munich, Germany SU2594 Landed 21:27 21.07.2018 Moscow-Brussels, Belgium SU2618 Landed 22:18 23.07.2018 Moscow-Helsinki, Finland SU2206 Landed 12:23 28.07.2018 Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2466 Landed 14:59 30.07.2018 Kazan-Frankfurt, Germany SU704 Landed 13:01 06.08.2018 Moscow-Zurich, Switzerland SU2390 Landed 12:19 07.08.2018 Moscow-Verona, Italy SU2482 Landed 09:53 11.08.2018 Moscow-Lyon, France SU2374 Landed 11:51 14.08.2018
VP-BNJ	Airbus A319-111	Rossiya	LED-SIP SU6883 05.08.2018 Landed 15:22	St.Petersburg-Nice, France SU6633 Landed 11:24 06.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Hamburg, Germany SU6653 Landed 15:37 07.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Istanbul, Turkey SU6695 Landed 01:01 07.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Dusseldorf, Germany SU6643 Landed 10:23 08.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Rimini, Italy SU6677 Landed 18:30 08.08.2018 St.Petersburg-London, UK SU6619 Landed 16:03 15.08.2018
VP-BWW	Airbus A320-232	Red Wings	DME-SIP WZ301 22.07.2018 Landed 02:27	St.Petersburg-Tivat, Montenegro WZ531 Landed 11:44 28.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Naples, Italy WZ9325 Landed 08:20 29.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Varna, Bulgaria WZ9383 Landed 22:08 31.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Rimini, Italy WZ9239 Landed 20:48 04.08.2018
VP-BEO	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1636 03.08.2018 Landed 08:34	Moscow-Istanbul, Turkey SU2132 Landed 17:49 03.08.2018 Moscow-Helsinki, Finland SU2206 Landed 12:23 05.08.2018 Moscow-Split, Croatia SU2046 Landed 18:57 05.08.2018 Moscow-Copenhagen, Denmark SU2496 Landed 21:29 06.08.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2152 Landed 13:15 09.08.2018 Moscow-Valencia, Spain SU2502 Landed 12:27 16.08.2018 Moscow-Vilnius, Lithuania SU2108 Landed 22:36 16.08.2018 Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2468 Landed 19:17 18.08.2018 Moscow-Brussels, Belgium SU2618 Landed 22:20 26.08.2018
VQ-BPX	Boeing 737-8Q8	Rossiya	MRV-SIP SU6839 04.08.2018 Landed 17:54	Moscow-Kos, Greece FV5751 Landed 05:38 07.08.2018 Moscow-Pafos, Cyprus FV5705 Landed 18:47 09.08.2018 Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2468 Landed 19:35 21.08.2018
VP-BWG	Airbus A319-111	Rossiya	LED-SIP SU6891 30.06.2018 Landed 10:10	St.Petersburg-Nice, France SU6633 Landed 11:26 21.07.2018 St.Petersburg-Rome, Italy SU6675 Landed 11:52 25.07.2018 St.Petersburg-London, UK SU6619 Landed 15:48 01.08.2018
VQ-BSI	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1628 15.08.2018 Landed 16:14	Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2030 Landed 11:53 16.08.2018 Moscow-Chisinau, Moldova SU1844 Landed 23:33 17.08.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2684 Landed 08:52 18.08.2018 Moscow-Valencia, Spain SU2502 Landed 12:42 23.08.2018
VQ-BRE	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	KUF-SIP U6483 03.08.2018 Landed 13:42	Moscow-Batumi, Georgia U62643 Landed 13:33 05.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Frankfurt, Germany U6717 Landed 17:56 06.08.2018 Yekaterinburg-Barcelona, Spain U6857 Landed 16:22 10.08.2018 Yekaterinburg-Prague, Czech Republic U6701 Landed 09:11 21.08.2018
VQ-BKW	Boeing 737-8ZS	S7 Airlines/ Globus	DME-SIP S7/GH165 01.08.2018 Landed 16:03	Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7603 Landed 15:04 03.08.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7925 Landed 14:31 10.08.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey S75637 Landed 05:18 20.08.2018
VQ-BCX	Airbus A321-211	Ural Airlines	ZIA-SIP U6337 06.08.2018 Landed 17:17	Yekaterinburg-Burgas, Bulgaria U6835 Landed 17:59 08.08.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro U6705 Landed 13:41 11.08.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus U63501 Landed 07:22 12.08.2018 Moscow-Barcelona, Spain U63533 Landed 17:04 12.08.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey U63557 Landed 09:36 13.08.2018 Moscow-Palma de Mallorca U6847 Landed 14:18 23.08.2018 Moscow-Venice, Italy U6877 Landed 12:58 25.08.2018
VP-BDF	Boeing 737-8Q8	S7 Airlines/ Globus	DME-SIP S7/GH161 02.08.2018 Landed 20:47	Moscow-Antalya, Turkey S75637 Landed 04:31 03.08.2018 Moscow-Verona, Italy S7697 Landed 14:16 04.08.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7925 Landed 14:39 05.08.2018 Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7609 Landed 19:38 06.08.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany S7991 Landed 15:13 10.08.2018
VP-BDG	Boeing 737-8Q8	S7 Airlines/ Globus	DME-SIP S7/GH163 31.07.2018 Landed 11:06	Moscow-Larnaca, Cyprus S7603 Landed 15:16 06.08.2018 Moscow-Bari, Italy S7635 Landed 12:33 07.08.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey S75637 Landed 05:00 08.08.2018 Moscow-Tivat, Montenegro S7925 Landed 14:25 08.08.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany S7991 Landed 14:56 16.08.2018
VP-BCA	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1628 02.08.2018 Landed 16:03	Moscow-Prague, Czech Republic SU2016 Landed 20:45 03.08.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2536 Landed 09:41 04.08.2018 Moscow-Hamburg, Germany SU2348 Landed 17:56 04.08.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2684 Landed 08:56 05.08.2018 Moscow-Chisinau, Moldova SU1844 Landed 23:31 09.08.2018 Moscow-Rome, Italy SU2404 Landed 21:22 14.08.2018 Moscow-Budapest, Hungary SU2032 Landed 08:38 15.08.2018 Moscow-Heraklion, Greece SU2126 Landed 15:33 16.08.2018 Moscow-Antalya, Turkey SU2144 Landed 23:53 17.08.2018 Moscow-Munich, Germany SU2326 Landed 16:24 19.08.2018 Moscow-Athens, Greece SU2112 Landed 22:59 26.08.2018 Moscow-Oslo, Norway SU2174 Landed 12:01 30.08.2018 Moscow-Helsinki, Finland SU2200 Landed 19:41 30.08.2018
VP-BTA	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1648 Landed 14:58 12.08.2018	Moscow-Antalya, Turkey SU2144 Landed 23:58 12.08.2018 Moscow-Copenhagen, Denmark SU2496 Landed 22:50 16.08.2018 Moscow-Oslo, Norway SU2174 Landed 11:55 18.08.2018 Moscow-Helsinki, Finland SU2200 Landed 19:50 18.08.2018 Moscow-Chisinau, Moldova SU1846 Landed 10:50 19.08.2018 Moscow-Warsaw, Poland SU2002 Landed 19:10 22.08.2018 Moscow-Malaga, Spain SU2620 Landed 14:28 25.08.2018 Moscow-Vilnius, Lithuania SU2164 Landed 17:33 25.08.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2312 Landed 10:59 27.08.2018 Moscow-Belgrade, Serbia SU2090 Landed 12:12 28.08.2018 Moscow-Athens, Greece SU2112 Landed 22:27 30.08.2018 Moscow-Athens, Greece SU2110 Landed 12:09 19.09.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2436 Landed 21:50 19.09.2018 Moscow-Warsaw, Poland SU2000 Landed 11:29 21.09.2018 Moscow-Hamburg, Germany SU2346 Landed 12:27 22.09.2018
VP-BQW	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	ZIA-SIP U6230 03.08.2018 Landed 22:09	Yekaterinburg-Prague, Czech Republic U6701 Landed 09:21 07.08.2018 St.Petersburg-Frankfurt, Germany U6717 Landed 18:20 17.08.2018 Moscow-Kutaisi, Georgia U62913 Landed 20:08 23.08.2018 Yekaterinburg-Paris, France U6709 Landed 12:15 16.09.2018
VQ-BPV	Airbus A320-214	Aeroflot	SVO-SIP SU1658 28.07.2018 Landed 19:53	Moscow-Paris, France SU261 Landed 20:30 01.08.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2152 Landed 13:24 03.08.2018 Moscow-Belgrade, Serbia SU2092 Landed 22:02 04.08.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2318 Landed 12:56 06.08.2018 Moscow-Madrid, Spain SU2602 Landed 12:53 15.09.2018 Moscow-Dusseldorf, Germany SU2152 Landed 13:15 17.09.2018 Moscow-Helsinki, Finland SU2200 Landed 20:21 18.09.2018 Moscow-Stockholm, Sweden SU2210 Landed 11:25 20.09.2018 Moscow-Berlin, Germany SU2312 Landed 10:48 21.09.2018 Moscow-Vienna, Austria SU2352 Landed 18:06 21.09.2018
VQ-BGJ	Airbus A320-214	Ural Airlines	ZIA-SIP U6178 12.09.2018 Landed 23:47	Moscow-Munich, Germany U6799 Landed 13:42 13.09.2018 Yekaterinburg-Prague, Czech Republic U6701 Landed 10:53 16.09.2018 Moscow-Venice, Italy U6877 Landed 12:43 22.09.2018

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In the summer of 2018, the aircrafts above most often flew to Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, Montenegro, France, Italy, Spain and Bulgaria.

Below is the table of the aircraft tail numbers, as well as the departure and arrival cities the monitoring group has been able to identify.

The information will be passed on to the respective embassies and other official institutions with the aim of putting together the black list of aircrafts that would put an end to their service at the airports of the countries that have publicly recognized the annexation of the Crimea to Russia as illegal.

Country	Destination	Aircraft #
Germany (20)	Frankfurt Munich Dusseldorf Hannover Berlin Hamburg	VQ-BFV (23.08.2018) VQ-BRR (22.09.2018) VP-BDH (19.06.2018) VQ-BDM (03.07.2018) VP-BTZ (12.06.2018) VQ-BVK (30.06.2018) VP-BLP (27.06.2018) VP-BQF (28.06.2018) VP-BNN (14.08.2018) VQ-BKU (21.07.2018) VP-BNJ (08.08.2018) VQ-BSI (18.08.2018) VQ-BRE (06.08.2018) VP-BDF (10.08.2018) VP-BDG (16.08.2018) VP-BCA (04.08.2018) VP-BTA (27.08.2018) VP-BQW (17.08.2018) VQ-BPV (17.09.2018) VQ-BGJ (13.09.2018)
Turkey (19)	Antalya Bodrum Izmir Istanbul	VP-BRM (19.06.2018) VQ-BRR (26.09.2018) VQ-BUF (13.06.2018) VP-BSK (TC-AAL) (01.07.2018) VQ-BDM (08.06.2018) VP-BLP (02.07.2018) VQ-BTP (15.06.2018) VQ-BOB (12.06.2018) VQ-BIZ (26.06.2018) VQ-BVV (14.08.2018) VP-BNN (14.08.2018) VP-BNJ (07.08.2018) VQ-BKW (20.08.2018) VP-BEO (03.08.2018) VQ-BCX (13.08.2018) VP-BDF (03.08.2018) VP-BDG (08.08.2018) VP-BCA (17.08.2018) VP-BTA (12.08.2018)
Italy (17)	Naples Milan Rome Rimini Verona Venice Bologna Bari	VP-BRM (09.06.2018) VQ-BUF (09.06.2018) VP-BQK (20.09.2018) VQ-BDM (28.06.2018) VP-BTZ (02.06.2018) VQ-BOB (16.06.2018) VP-BQF (10.06.2018) VP-BNN (09.08.2018) VQ-BKU (11.07.2018) VP-BNJ (08.08.2018) VP-BWW (29.07.2018) VP-BWG (25.07.2018) VQ-BCX (25.08.2018) VP-BDF (04.08.2018) VP-BDG (07.08.2018) VP-BCA (14.08.2018) VQ-BGJ (22.09.2018)
Montenegro (13)	Tivat	VP-BRM (03.06.2018) VP-BDH (18.06.2018) VQ-BUF (08.06.2018) VQ-BDM (01.07.2018) VP-BWH (26.06.2018) VQ-BVK (08.06.2018) VQ-BOB (17.06.2018) VP-BQF (26.06.2018) VP-BWW (28.07.2018) VQ-BKW (10.08.2018) VQ-BCX (11.08.2018) VP-BDF (05.08.2018) VP-BDG (08.08.2018)
Cyprus (12)	Larnaca Pafos	VQ-BRR (20.09.2018) VP-BDH (01.07.2018) VQ-BUF (10.06.2018) VQ-BVK (15.06.2018) VQ-BOB (26.06.2018) VP-BQF (17.06.2018) VQ-BVV (15.08.2018) VQ-BPX (09.08.2018) VQ-BCX (12.08.2018) VP-BDF (06.08.2018) VP-BDG (06.08.2018) VQ-BKW (03.08.2018)
France (11)	Paris Nice Lyon	VP-BQK (18.09.2018) VP-BWH (19.09.2018) VP-BTZ (03.06.2018) VQ-BTP (07.06.2018) VQ-BVV (17.08.2018) VP-BNN (07.08.2018) VQ-BKU (15.07.2018) VP-BNJ (06.08.2018) VP-BWG (21.07.2018) VQ-BPV (01.08.2018) VP-BQW (16.09.2018)
Spain (8)	Madrid Palma de Mallorca Barcelona Valencia Malaga	VQ-BOB (10.06.2018) VQ-BVV (16.08.2108) VP-BNN (05.08.2018) VP-BEO (16.08.2018) VQ-BRE (10.08.2018) VQ-BCX (12.08.2018) VP-BTA (25.08.2018) VQ-BPV (15.09.2018)
Bulgaria (8)	Varna Burgas	VQ-BUF (11.06.2018) VQ-BDM (29.06.2018) VP-BWH (02.07.2018) VQ-BOB (18.06.2018) VQ-BIZ (26.06.2018) VP-BNN (17.08.2018) VP-BWW (31.07.2018) VQ-BCX (08.08.2018)
Czech Republic (6)	Prague	VP-BQW (07.08.2018) VQ-BFV (24.08.2018) VQ-BKU (19.07.2018) VQ-BRE (21.08.2018) VP-BCA (03.08.2018) VQ-BGJ (16.09.2018)
Greece (6)	Corfu Athens Heraklion Kos	VQ-BUF (09.06.2018) VP-BSK (TC-AAL) (01.07.2018) VQ-BOB (07.06.2018) VQ-BPX (07.08.2018) VP-BCA (16.08.2018) VP-BTA (30.08.2018)
Hungary (6)	Budapest	VP-BLP (30.06.2018) VQ-BKU (30.07.2018) VP-BEO (18.08.2018) VQ-BPX (21.08.2018) VQ-BSI (16.08.2018) VP-BCA (15.08.2018)
Georgia(6)	Batumi Tbilisi Kutaisi	VP-BRM (08.06.2018) VQ-BDM (07.06.2018) VP-BTZ (17.06.2018) VQ-BTP (16.06.2018) VQ-BRE (05.08.2018) VP-BQW (23.08.2018)
UK (5)	London	VP-BQK (17.09.2018) VP-BNN (11.08.2018) VQ-BKU (23.06.2018) VP-BNJ (15.08.2018) VP-BWG (01.08.2018)
Finland (5)	Helsinki	VQ-BKU (28.07.2018) VP-BEO (05.08.2018) VP-BCA (30.08.2018) VP-BTA (18.08.2018) VQ-BPV (18.09.2018)
Moldova (4)	Chisinau	VP-BLP (28.06.2018) VQ-BSI (17.08.2018) VP-BCA (09.08.2018) VP-BTA (19.08.2018)
Sweden (3)	Stockholm	VQ-BPV (20.09.2018) VQ-BKU (04.07.2018) VP-BLP (29.06.2018)
Belgium (3)	Brussels	VP-BLP (29.06.2018) VQ-BKU (23.07.2018) VP-BEO (26.08.2018)
Serbia (3)	Belgrade	VQ-BPV (04.08.2018) VP-BRM (26.06.2018) VP-BTA (28.08.2018)
Denmark (3)	Copenhagen	VQ-BDM (27.06.2018) VP-BEO (06.08.2018) VP-BTA (16.08.2018)
Austria (3)	Vienna	VP-BNN (17.08.2018) VQ-BKU (19.07.2018) VQ-BPV (21.09.2018)
Poland (2)	Warsaw	VQ-BDM (15.06.2018) VP-BTA (22.08.2018)
Norway (2)	Oslo	VP-BTA (18.08.2018) VP-BCA (30.08.2018)
Croatia (2)	Split	VQ-BKU (20.07.2018) VP-BEO (05.08.2018)
Lithuania (2)	Vilnius	VP-BEO (16.08.2018) VP-BTA (25.08.2018)
Tunisia (1)	Djerba Monastir	VP-BSK (TC-AAL) (02.07.2018)
Iceland (1)	Reykjavik	VQ-BVK (23.06.2018)
Latvia (1)	Riga	VQ-BKU (12.07.2018)
USA (1)	Houston	VP-BSK (TC-AAL) (12.06.2018)
Switzerland (1)	Zurich	VQ-BKU (07.08.2018)

Note:

In December 2014 the administration of the US President Barack Obama has adopted a number of decisions regarding the sanctions for any action in the occupied Crimea.

In April of the same year, in accordance with the ICAO Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Eurocontrol (the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation), banned the European airlines from flying to the Russia-occupied Crimea and Sevastopol. [1].

Ukraine officially accused [2] Russia of violation of the international multilateral and bilateral agreements and the provisions of the European Air Navigation Plan, as well as in ignoring the established borders of the Flight Information Regions (FIR) [3].

The Air Navigation Services in the sky over the Crimean Peninsula belong to the jurisdiction to Ukraine that due to the Russian annexation of the Crimean AR had to move the dispatch center from Simferopol to Kyiv and Odessa.

However, due to the inability of the State Avia Service to guarantee security of the Ukraine flights over the occupied territories, in March 2014, it was decided to close the airports in Simferopol and Belbek and the lower airspace and to restrict traffic in Simferopol flight information region.

At the same time, Ukraine continues to service the Black Sea FIR within its competence.

In April 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) called Russia's actions to seize control of the airspace above Crimea and the Black Sea waters that belong to the Ukrainian FIR, illegal [4].

[1] The ban of the flights to the occupied Crimea for European airlines: http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198796.html

[2] Announcement of the SE "UkrAeroRukh" of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine: http://uksatse.ua/index.php?act=Part&CODE=247&id=264

[3] The FIR (Flight Information Region) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided

[4] The publication in the online edition of the Tyzhden magazine from 16.04.2014 http://tyzhden.ua/News/107719

For two and a half years, the BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group conducts daily monitoring of the illegal flights to the occupied Crimea followed by the media publications of the results of the investigation on the airlines-offenders.

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For the last two and a half years, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group has been conducting daily monitoring of the illegal flights to the occupied Crimea with further publications in the media on the airlines offenders.

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Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in June-September 2018

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