The UK government said on 19 May that it is introducing new sanctions against the Russian aviation sector: ‘State-owned Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines will now be unable to sell their unused, lucrative landing slots at UK airports – preventing Russia from cashing in on an estimated £50 million.’
The government said that Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, will be assuming the presidency of the International Transport Forum (‘ITF’, an intergovernmental platform that sits within Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and ‘acts as a think tank for transport policy’), and that he will ‘use [the presidency] to call for a united response against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.’
On 4 May, the ITF said its 64 member countries ‘adopted a package of measures that restrict the participation of Russia and Belarus in the ITF in response to the invasion of Ukraine.’
These, it said, ‘specifically restrict the participation of Russia and Belarus in ITF research and the organisation’s Annual Summit. Among the measures are:
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Aviation sector: Russia and Belarus face harder restrictions
