Aeroflot Buys Boeing 777s

Aeroflot has announced that it has purchased 10 Boeing 777s from an Irish lessor. It comes as they try to rebuild their network, which has been severely damaged due to sanctions. This is the second time the airline has purchased aircraft. Last year announcing, eight additional Airbus A330s joined the fleet.
2023 will be an essential year for Aeroflot as they note they want to rebuild their international network. However, this is a touchy area given the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which will largely determine the future outlook for Aeroflot.
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[@colinboneham7387]

Makes me wonder how long the grey area loophole will be left open to them or even will it closed off!?

[@epapa737]

These are Russian business people tryna keep their business going. Many may not think of them in this way only cause if Aeroflot was more vocal they'd be promptly be sent over a hotel balcony In short I'm not one for supporting sabotaging airliner safety in a effort to squeeze a already crippling country

[@Freerunx3]

Hopefully all sanctions will be lifted… we need to make airplane sales.

[@Freerunx3]

@Tom S bro who cares about ukraine... it's the economy, stupid!

[@brkitdwn]

It makes Aeroflot look good because they are buying them instead of keeping them, which would equate to stealing

[@sainnt]

They've pretty much operated in that grey area most of 2022. Question is, these are aircraft that Aeroflot was leasing and made deals to purchase, but what about the newly acquired A350, A320 series and the sort that were delivered just before the conflict began?

[@Sophie-and-Ken]

As long as they pay lease payments on the planes and can show proper maintenance they are legal to fly. If not they will be sold as scrap as these 777s were. After the lease expires they lose their insurance and can’t fly. Also they won’t own the plane so they can’t get a flight worthiness certificate.

[@thecartsman]

@@Sophie-and-Ken cool story. But who is really going to stop them? Are you going to change the locks?

[@futaba951]

I don't see a problem here. The planes were already stranded in Russia, so the lessor was able to sell them and recover their money. They had no reasonable hope of recovering the aircraft otherwise.

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Exactly what I was thinking. I highly doubt they would be flown INTO Russia. From Ireland or wherever.

[@robinholmes785]

The problem is that there maintenance logs are compromised! This means that the planes will have to be stripped and Everything checked before they can be re-certified!! They are basically scrap!

[@futaba951]

@@robinholmes785 Who cares? That's Aeroflot's problem, now. They evidently have a plan. As for the lessor, they unloaded eight planes that they had probably written off as lost.

[@Kangaroo_Caught]

It shows up the porous nature of the sanctions.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Free Palestine you western hypocrisy

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

I think the only way for Aeroflot to escape that problem is to end the war against Ukraine

[@coletrickle581]

This^^

[@brkitdwn]

Aeroflot is not at war with Ukraine. The Russian Federation is at war with Ukraine

[@AA-or4dt]

Aeroflot is an airline. Not an army…

[@Electrodium]

@@brkitdwn Aeroflot is state-owned by the RF, therefore it is an extension of it

[@echocongo]

@@brkitdwn Regardless if Aeroflot is associated directly with the Russian government or not, the war is affecting business significantly for them. They’re not operating at the full business model they had before the start of the war.

[@carnaud]

Good luck getting spare parts!

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

Hope, they are acquiring this 777 are not too much old, if these are being operated for long term services.

[@markevans2294]

It's still going to be difficult for Aeroflot to fly these aircraft outside of the Russian Federation. Even were sanctions to be lifted they'd likely need to spend a lot of money to address the lack of approved maintainance. Possibly their intention is to attempt to lease other aircraft post sanctions. Even if they can the lessors are likely to offer very unfavourable terms. The obvious assumption is that Aeroflot has paid full price plus costs to the lessors. Which may raise questions about where they, or the Russian Government, got the money.

[@asicdathens]

Maintenance became questionable the moment sanctions started. All western planes in ruZZia (even Embraers) have airworthiness revoked . They can use these internally as long as they can cannibalize parts from other planes. Also the lost access to maintenance updates to navigation software.

[@QCCatPlanes]

They show up in all sorts of places, according to flight tracker apps. Maybe the planes can get maintained in friendly-to-Russia countries?

[@markevans2294]

@@QCCatPlanes IIRC China refused to maintain Russian aircraft rather than risk not being able to obtain spare parts for Chinese registered aircraft. The serial numbers of parts are cross referenced with aircraft. Often parts their own service histories of which aircraft they were installed on and when.

[@raymondlowry8564]

You do what you have to do!

[@triple777seven]

I dont get it, arent Russian companies affected by sanctions? How is aeroflot buying 'foreign' planes and even planning to expand its network?

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Free Palestine you western hypocrisy

[@shibasurfing]

Well, at least they paid instead of just stealing them?

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

I noticed to gave credit to flickr but not the actual photographer. As someone who posts to flickr as well, I find this concerning.

[@justinmcdaid2594]

Concerning!!! Really? Get your knickers out of a twist

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

@@justinmcdaid2594 Free Palestine you western hypocrisy

[@vimal12487]

Are these 777-300er new or used

[@SouthJerseyTransitFan]

The Boeing 777 300er has stopped producing in 2020 or 2021

[@robinholmes785]

I truly Hate your use of the words "Gray Area"! This is not true. They Stole these aircraft and Stopped the leasers recovering there property. People should be in prison.

[@mfmf100]

Why would Aeroflot buy planes it will be so difficult to get parts for? Still some of the best livery imo

[@NeonSamurai4381]

It was the only possible way for the lessors to recover their losses since Russia already nationalized those aircraft making the recovery of those aircraft impossible.

[@RobEJC]

Did Aeroflot pay in Rubles or Euros?

[@kingofthelight8260]

Delta had the opportunity to buy these planes and instead they buy… SMALLER PLANES!?

[@bobhope5976]

I'm pretty sure that the Delta CEO has a better idea of what planes they can make use of than you do.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

@@bobhope5976 1Free Palestine you western hypocrisy

[@ralphe5842]

Sounds like the sellers are asking for trouble

[@alanbrodeur4134]

Nice aircraft but they can't fly outside Russian airspace.

[@ismailfarooq.]

They can tho?

[@kylecampbell1444]

They really didn't purchase them from anyone. The company they purchased them is a Russian government owned company using a flag of convenience in Ireland. So all that happened was Aeroflot purchased these out right from the Russian government. That way they don't have to worry about these being seized if they flt them out of Russia to a foegien land.

[@HaveyoumetKen]

Loopholes that need to be closed.

[@milantehrandubai]

no, why?

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

Sanctions always "work" :)

[@jcbaily5559]

Sorry but this deal should not go through until Ukraine is settled!

[@Adam-fj9px]

Good for them!

[@anthonydelrosario1718]

Boeing should make the Russians purchase the planes that they leased that they haven't returned first .

[@robertkeenan7530]

Why do they need more large planes? They can't go anywhere that they need them for.

[@milantehrandubai]

Don't undermine the Russian aviation industry! There is loads of demand within Russia, and also to Turkey, Iran, UAE, & China. The world isn't the west.

[@robertkeenan7530]

@@milantehrandubai sure. What I'm referring To is the need for large planes. None of the places that you mentioned would require a long haul airplane. I am referring more to the size of the plane in relation to the distance that it has to travel. A 737 would get the job done.

[@QCCatPlanes]

Did they buy the leased & stranded-in-Russia planes at bargain bin prices?

[@FreSch_Dude]

Let aeroflot buy the planes. Then grab them if they fly internationally as collateral for stealing loaned jets.

[@user-oj4xp2lh4d]

Buying the cattle truck? Airbus are so much better.

[@jb894]

They aren't

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

Thanks, but you can keep your two cents, no one here cares

[@gasviation9077]

@@jb894 the 777s are illegal frfr

[@wasmiddelsap3379]

Yep i agree but yea its aeroflot who cares

[@prasenjittripura4691]

airbus fanbois are so intolerant….bcz they had disaster of A380 failure in recent years😅😅😅

[@milantehrandubai]

Long live Putin & Aeroflot!

[@stephenjacobs5640]

When you watch this guys videos you only really listen the first minute after that he just unfortunately repeats himself over and over and says extremely obvious things