Half Of Russian Airlines’ Airbus A320 & A321neo Planes Can’t Fly Because Of Engine Issues

According to the Russian news outlet Kommersant, half of Russia’s Airbus A320/321neos have stopped flying due to maintenance issues. After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the West imposed crippling sanctions on Russia’s aviation industry and its fleets of hundreds of Airbus and Boeing aircraft are now cut off from official maintenance and parts. Simple Flying reported in May 2024 that Russia’s S7 Airlines was working to reverse-engineer the ‘hot parts’ of the CFM 56 engines. While Russia has extensive capability to keep its airliners flying, that ability is not infinite.