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Russia offered Vietnam to lease its planes together with crews and maintenance. Due to international sanctions, Russian airlines have lost the ability to repair Western aircraft, which has left up to a third of the passenger fleet sidelined in the country.
As Dilo writes, The Moscow Times reports this.
"We sent colleagues the relevant proposals; they are reviewing them," said Russian Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin after talks with Vietnamese representatives in Moscow.
Idleness and fleet shortages
Russian airlines mostly operate Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Due to international sanctions after the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian carriers have limited access to new aircraft, spare parts, and maintenance for these models.
This summer in 11 the largest Russian carriers were idling 130 with 673 aircraft, which accounts for nearly 20% of the fleet. Not counting the Aeroflot group, the remaining eight companies did not fly 93 with 322 vessels, that is, almost a third of the fleet. Normal idle time for planned maintenance in this period is up to 10%.
Past attempts and refusals
Earlier, Russia had already tried to agree on a "wet" lease with Central Asian countries, Qatar, Kuwait, and Ethiopia. In the summer of 2025, Ethiopia refused the Russian side. The authorities cited the lack of authority to give instructions to the national carrier Ethiopian Airlines, and the risks of secondary sanctions by the United States. There is currently no known signed agreement on leasing foreign aircraft.
To resolve the situation, in April 2025 Russia allowed local airlines to lease aircraft from foreign carriers in a "wet" regime. Previously such leasing was allowed only between Russian companies for domestic routes.
Recall that shares of Russian Aeroflot plummeted after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's warning about increasing danger to flights in Russia's airspace.
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