Database of the Russian Aircrafts that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in October-December 2018
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 October-December 2018 results of monitoring the illegal flights of the Russian airlines to and from the occupied Crimea.
Aeroflot’s Aircraft VQ-BWD in London Heathrow Airport (LHR), July 8, 2018. Photo: Peter Tolnai, planespotters.net
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.
Daily monitoring allows us to track the dynamics of air travel over identical periods of time for all years of occupation. The largest number of flights to the Simferopol airport took place in 2015, while 2016-2017 saw a certain decline. In 2018, the dynamics of flights slightly changed compared to the previous year, but the real number of actual air traffic to and from the occupied Crimea is below any optimistic reports and forecasts of "local authorities".
The monthly flight dynamics to and from the occupied Simferopol (see the chart below) is as follows:
- 2014 — 2110 flights in October, 1894 in November and 2028 in December
- 2015 — 2890 flights in October, 2048 in November, 1800 in December
- 2016 — 2624 flights in October, 1398 in November, 1550 in December
- 2017 — 2226 flights in October, 1424 in November, 1512 in December
- 2018 — 2388 flights in October, 1610 in November, 1644 in December
Monthly Flight Dynamics to and from the Occupied Crimea
in October-December 2018
Despite the attempts of “local authorities” to bring foreign air carriers to Crimea earlier, only Russian airlines operated flights to Simferopol in 2018. Since July 2014, more than 40 Russian airlines have flown to the Simferopol airport.
During the last quarter of 2018, the following airlines carried out regular passenger transportation to Simferopol airport: Aeroflot, Rossiya, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines, Globus, Red Wings, NordAvia, Nordwind Airlines, Pegas Fly, UVT, Alrosa, Yakutia, Izhavia, Severstal, Rusline, Azimuth.
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Aeroflot |
ІАТА SU |
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Rossiya |
ІАТА FV |
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Ural Airlines |
ІАТА U6 |
|
Globus |
ІАТА GH |
|
S7 Airlines |
ІАТА S7 |
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Red Wings |
ІАТА WZ |
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NordAvia |
IATA 5N |
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Nordwind Airlines |
ІАТА N4 |
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Pegas Fly |
ІАТА IK |
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Yakutia |
IATA R3 |
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Izhavia |
IATA I8 |
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Severstal |
IATA D2 |
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UVT |
ІАТА UW |
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Alrosa |
ІАТА 6R (ЯМ) |
| Rusline |
ІАТА 7R |
| Azimuth |
ІАТА A4 |
Some of these airlines have regularly performed flights under the codesharing agreements. It means that two or more airlines operate the same flight using one aircraft. The flights under the codesharing agreements have been mostly carried out by Aeroflot/Russia, S7 Airlines/Globus and Red Wings/NordAvia.
Rossiya’s aircraft VP-BWG in the airport of Dusseldorf (DUS). Photo: Andreas van den Berg, planespotters.net
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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 air traffic reviews.
The table below details the European flights by the Russian airlines that regularly fly to the Simferopol airport. 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.
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Aircraft # |
Model |
Airlines |
Flight to SIP |
Flight to EU/Other |
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VQ-BFV |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
St.Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VQ-BRR |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/ |
|
Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus |
| VP-BJG | Boeing 777-2Q8(ER) |
Nordwind Airlines | SVO-SIP N4133 Landed 15:44 14.09.2018 |
Moscow (SVO) - Rimini (RMI), Moscow (SVO) - Antalya (AYT), |
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VP-BTJ |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Belgrad (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy |
|
VQ-BVM |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines |
DME-SIP S7165 |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) - Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy |
|
VQ-BOD |
Airbus |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Samara (KUF) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VQ-BVK |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany |
|
VP-BWG |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St.Petersburg (LED) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey St.Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (VKO) – Paris (ORY), France St.Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St.Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany St.Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St.Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria |
|
RA-89103 |
|
|
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVO) – Bucharest (OTP), Romania Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia Moscow (SVO) – Dresden (DRS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Ljubljana (LJU), Slovenia |
|
VP-BKB |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Bratislava (BTS), Slovakia – St. Petersburg (LED) Minsk (MSQ), Belarus – Bratislava (BTS), Slovakia St. Petersburg (LED) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany |
|
VQ-BDM |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (DME) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (DME) – Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Spain Moscow (DME) – Rimini (RMI), Italy |
|
VQ-BWD |
Boeing |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary |
|
RA-89107 |
Sukhoi Superjet |
Aeroflot |
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dresden (DRS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVO) – Zagreb (ZAG), Croatia Moscow (SVO) – Bucharest (OTP), Romania Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Gothenburg (GOT), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Ljubljana (LJU), Slovenia Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland |
|
VP-BNJ |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Berlin (SFX), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria St. Petersburg (LED) – Milan (MXP), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Paris (CDG), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VP-BWX |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
LED-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia |
|
VP-BLL |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Moscow (SVO) – Athens (ATH), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Munich (MUC), Germany -Moscow (SVO) Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania |
|
EI-EYM |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Milan (MXP), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Berlin (SFX), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Barcelona (BCN), Spain St. Petersburg (LED) – Rome (FCO), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany |
|
VP-BAC |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Thessaloniki (SKG), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark |
|
VQ-BSL |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Frankfurt (FRA), Germany – Moscow (SVO) Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Chisinau (KIV), Moldova Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) - Brussels (BRU), Belgium |
|
VQ-BRO |
Airbus |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (SVO) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Monastir (MIR), Tunisia |
|
VQ-BGJ |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVX-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (SVO) – Rimini (RMI), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Krasnodar (KRR) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VP-BRB |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Nizhny Novgorod (GOJ) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VP-BOB |
Boeing |
Rossiya |
OVB-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VP-BTZ |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVX-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (DME) – Munich (MUC), Germany Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Paris (CDG), France Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Kutaisi (KUT), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VP-BQF |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines / Globus |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus |
|
VP-BNN |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Milan (MXP), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Berlin (SFX), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Rome (FCO), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK |
|
VP-BWW |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
LED-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Rimini (RMI), Italy Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (DME) – Milan (MXP), Italy Moscow (DME) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (DME) – Pardubice (PED), Czech Republic |
|
VQ-BSI |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Hannover (HAJ), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Zurich (ZRH), Switzerland Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Moscow (SVO) – Athens (ATH), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany |
|
VQ-BPV |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Chisinau (KIV), Moldova Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Thessaloniki (SKG), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Dublin (DUB), Ireland |
|
VP-BGR |
Boeing |
Rossiya |
VKO-SIP |
Moscow (VKO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (VKO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (VKO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (VKO) – Rimini (RMI), Italy |
|
VQ-BKH |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (DME) – Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Spain Barcelona (BCN) – Moscow (DME) Moscow (ZIA) – Rome (FCO), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia St. Petersburg (LED) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany |
|
VQ-BIR |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Munich (MUC), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Vienna (VIE), Austria Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Milan (MXP), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway |
|
VQ-BAS |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Nice (NCE), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Rome (FCO), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria |
|
VP-BNL |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Hannover (HAJ), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Milan (MXP), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium |
|
VQ-BVL |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
OVB-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro |
|
VQ-BRT |
Airbus |
Nordwind Airlines |
UFA-SIP |
Magnitogorsk (MQF) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey St. Petersburg (LED) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Kazan (KZN) – Monastir (MIR), Tunisia Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VP-BND |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Bari (BRI), Italy Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro |
|
VP-BWJ |
|
|
ROV-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria St. Petersburg (LED) – St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
RA-89110 |
Sukhoi Superjet |
Aeroflot |
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVP) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVP) – Ljubljana (LJU), Slovenia Moscow (SVP) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVP) – Bucharest (OTP), Romania Moscow (SVP) – Zagreb (ZAG), Croatia Moscow (SVP) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (SVP) – Dreden (DRS), Germany Moscow (SVP) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVP) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania |
|
VQ-BPU |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Madrid (MAD), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Chisinau (KIV), Moldova Moscow (SVO) – Thesalloniki (SKG), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany |
|
VP-BVQ |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VQ-BRQ |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
OVB-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy |
|
VP-BJX |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Hannover (HAJ), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Amsterdam (AMS), Netherlands Moscow (SVO) – Madrid (MAD), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Athens (ATH), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Milan (MXP), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Geneva (GVA), Switzerland Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Barcelona (BCN), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Paris (CDG), France Moscow (SVO) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Moscow (SVO) – London (LHR), UK Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland |
|
VP-BSQ |
Boeing |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany |
|
VP-BND |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
DME-SIP Landed 08:12 |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Bari (BRI), Italy Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy |
|
VP-BIE |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Venice (VCE), Italy Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (DME) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (DME) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Krasnodar (KRR) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus |
|
VP-BCE |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Amsterdam (AMS), Netherlands Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany |
|
VP-BLD |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy Moscow (DME) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro |
|
VQ-BRL |
Airbus |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Heraklion (HER), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Monastir (MIR), Tunisia Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Voronezh (VOZ) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VQ-BFW |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Batumi (BUS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SFX) – Paris (CDG), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SFX) – Rome (FCO), Italy Krasnodar (KRR) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VQ-BAT |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic St. Petersburg (LED) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria St. Petersburg (LED) – Nice (NCE), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Barcelona (BCN), Spain St. Petersburg (LED) – Paris (ORY), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Milan (MXP), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Berlin (SFX), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Rome (FCO), Italy |
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VP-BBG |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (DME) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Barcelona (BCN), Spain Moscow (DME) – Rimini (RMI), Italy Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
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VP-BUL |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
OVB-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro |
|
RA-89116 |
Sukhoi Superjet |
Aeroflot |
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVO) – Dresden (DRS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Zagreb (ZAG), Croatia Moscow (SVO) – Bucharest (OTP), Romania Moscow (SVO) – Ljubljana (LJU), Slovenia Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany |
|
VP-BCB |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SFO), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Warsaw (WAW), Poland 02.11.2018 Moscow (SVO) – Milan (MXP), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium Moscow (SVO) – Valencia (VLC), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy |
|
VQ-BAG |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVX-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Batumi (BUS), Georgia Sochi (AER) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus |
|
VP-BKX |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic
|
|
VP-BOI |
Boeing |
Rossiya |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Athens (ATH), Greece – Moscow (SVO) Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia |
|
VP-BRW |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VP-BIE |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (DME) – Rimini (RMI), Italy Moscow (DME) – Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Spain Moscow (DME) – Venice (VCE), Italy |
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VP-BRS |
Airbus |
Red Wings |
LED-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
|
VP-BKC |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Chisinau (KIV), Moldova Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Vienna (VIE), Austria Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Lyon (LYS), France Moscow (SVO) – Naples (NAP), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Munich (MUC), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium Moscow (SVO) – Nice (NCE), France Moscow (SVO) – London (LHR), UK Moscow (SVO) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (SVO) – Paris (CDG), France Moscow (SVO) – Geneva (GVA), Switzerland Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey |
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VP-BSZ |
Boeing |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany |
|
VQ-BRK |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
OVB-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus |
|
VP-BSO |
Boeing |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Bari (BRI), Italy |
|
VP-BMW |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
DME-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Paris (CDG), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Moscow (DME) – Batumi (BUS), Georgia Krasnodar (KRR) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Krasnodar (KRR) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
|
VP-BKP |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Frankfurt (FRA), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Vienna (VIE), Austria Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany |
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VQ-BSH |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dublin (DUB), Ireland Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Copenhagen (CPH), Denmark Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany – Moscow (SVO) Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Munich (MUC), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Madrid (MAD), Spain Moscow (SVO) – Venice (VCE), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania Moscow (SVO) – Budapest (BUD), Hungary Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy |
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VP-BBU |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic St. Petersburg (LED) – Paris (CDG), France |
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VP-BNG |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy |
|
RA-89061 |
Sukhoi Superjet |
Aeroflot |
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Tallinn (TLL), Estonia |
|
VQ-BTX |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Istanbul (IST), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland |
|
VP-BGQ |
Boeing |
Rossiya |
VKO-SIP |
Moscow (VKO) – Barcelona (BCN), Spain Moscow (VKO) – Rimini (RMI), Italy Moscow (VKO) – Corfu (CFU), Greece Moscow (VKO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey St. Petersburg (LED) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus |
|
VQ-BMG |
Boeing |
S7 Airlines/Globus |
DME-SIP |
Moscow (DME) – Bari (BRI), Italy Moscow (DME) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Tivat (TVI), Montenegro Moscow (DME) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (DME) – Pafos (PFO), Cyprus Moscow (DME) – Verona (VRN), Italy |
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VP-BSA |
Boeing |
Nordwind Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Amsterdam (AMS), Netherlands Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey |
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VP-BIJ |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Munich (MUC), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Belgrade (BEG), Serbia Moscow (SVO) – Bologna (BLQ), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Stuttgart (STR), Germany |
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VP-BLO |
Airbus |
Aeroflot |
SVO-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic Moscow (SVO) – Brussels (BRU), Belgium Moscow (SVO) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Antalya (AYT), Turkey Moscow (SVO) – Rome (FCO), Italy Moscow (SVO) – Stockholm (ARN), Sweden Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVO) – Dusseldorf (DUS), Germany Moscow (SCO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania |
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VQ-BTY |
Airbus |
Ural Airlines |
SVO-SIP |
Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Krasnodar (KRR) – Tbilisi (TBS), Georgia Yekaterinburg (SVX) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic |
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VQ-BBA |
Airbus |
Rossiya |
LED-SIP |
St. Petersburg (LED) – Larnaca (LCA), Cyprus St. Petersburg (LED) – Prague (PRG), Czech Republic St. Petersburg (LED) – Munich (MUC), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – London (LGW), UK St. Petersburg (LED) – Berlin (SFX), Germany St. Petersburg (LED) – Vienna (VIE), Austria St. Petersburg (LED) – Rome (FCO), Italy St. Petersburg (LED) – Nice (NCE), France St. Petersburg (LED) – Hamburg (HAM), Germany |
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RA-89109 |
Sukhoi Superjet |
Aeroflot |
AER-SIP |
Moscow (SVO) – Riga (RIX), Latvia Moscow (SVO) – Oslo (OSL), Norway Moscow (SVO) – Tivat (TIV), Montenegro Moscow (SVO) – Thessaloniki (SKG), Greece Moscow (SVO) – Bucharest (OTP), Romania Moscow (SVO) – Dresden (DRS), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Helsinki (HEL), Finland Moscow (SVO) – Sofia (SOF), Bulgaria Moscow (SVO) – Berlin (SFX), Germany Moscow (SVO) – Ljubljuana (LJU), Slovenia Moscow (SVO) – Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania |
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 four 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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The monitoring of the violations of international sanctions against Russia and the legal regime of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea is supported by the European program initiative of the "Renaissance" International Fund. The views of the authors do not necessarily reflect the position of the position of the "Renaissance" International Fund.
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