Sanctions against Russia: 30 airports and 15 airlines to be cut off from aviation domain zone

Russian airlines and airports will be cut off from the .aero international domain zone.

Source: Forbes Russia with reference to sources in the aviation industry

Details: This was decided by the Swiss civil aviation service provider SITA, which administers the specified domain zone.

The decision was made due to the sanctions and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Over 200 sites are registered in the .aero domain zone. This domain is used by about 30 Russian airports (Sheremetyevo, Zhukovsky, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Airports of the Regions, Aerodynamics holdings, etc.), and 15 airlines (Pobeda, Azimut, Yamal, Ikar, ALROSA, etc.).

Such information was confirmed by at least three sources in the aviation industry.

Meanwhile, Forbes Russia noted that Russia tried to solve this problem with money, although not for long.

One source said the Ru-Center registrar, having received a message from the Swiss side, urgently extended the domain validity of all its clients for one year at its own expense in order to keep the sites operational.

The Russian media does not report how the fact of a hasty domain name change can affect the introduction of sanctions.

Background: In October, Russia filed a complaint to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) about violations of air traffic rules by Western countries.

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, large-scale sanctions were imposed on the Russian aviation industry, which closed the airspace over many countries to Russian aircraft.

However, the sanctions have had a more sensitive impact on the state of the aviation industry. In 2023, it became dangerous to fly Russian planes, as aviation incidents occurred on a regular basis.

Most of the aircraft continue to fly, although they are cut off from important software updates and maintenance required to ensure their airworthiness.

At the same time, Russia has begun to conceal aircraft malfunctions.

In particular, the Russian airline Aeroflot has issued an internal regulation requiring senior flight attendants to enter data on technical failures and malfunctions of cabin equipment in the Cabin Log Book only after approval by the aircraft commander. The same practice is common-place in other airlines.

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