Luchtzak Aviation, Belgium
Sept 30 2004
Rus sia stops providing aero-navigational services to some CIS
airlines
Posted on Friday, October 01, 2004 @ 8:43 AM CEST by sn26567
SN30952 writes “Beginning October 1, Russia plans to stop providing
aero-navigational services to the planes of several airlines from CIS
countries.
The ban will affect the airlines from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan
and Ukraine.
The majority of debts come from companies that have already gone
bankrupt or stopped flying to Russia. But this fact doesn’t bother
the Russian Transportation Ministry, which believes that in this case
the debts have to be repaid by the country’s authorities.
The debt of Armenian airlines which no longer fly to Russia amounts
to almost $2.7 million, while the airlines that still have flights to
Russia, owe $6,000. 16 Georgian airlines, which no longer fly to
Russia, owe the Russian authorities more than $3.6 million for the
flights between 1994 and 2001.
Kazakhstan owes $5.5 million, while 37 Ukrainian airlines owe more
than $5 million.
The Georgian side have left all of Russia’s requests without answer,
which means that Georgian airlines are likely to be banned from the
Russian skies for a long period.”