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David Hughes

‘No better than North Korea’: Russian aviation faces wipeout

Russia's aviation sector is facing crippling international isolation following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in its airlines being banned from European, American and Canadian airspace, leaving the country with leased aircraft it cannot use, and scuttling aerospace industry partnerships with the West.

Russian citizens won’t be flying to Europe or North America anytime soon, with even flights to friendly countries such as China in doubt due to the international community’s ostracisation of the country’s aviation sector, according to aviation analysts.

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