Bulgaria closes airspace to Russian cargo destined for Syria
Apparently, it is “not profitable” to transport weapons by plane, although we are sure there ...
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By Alex Lennane
The AN-124 market – already under threat from the political battle between Russia and Ukraine – has shrunk to just two companies following the arrest in the UK of Polet’s last remaining aircraft.
Last month, a Moscow Arbitration Court prohibited Polet from using its two AN-124s, owing to the carrier’s apparent failure to pay some $9m in leasing fees to businessman Alexander Lebedev’s financing companies.
One aircraft was held shortly after the decision in Zhukosky, near Moscow. And last week the second ...
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Kevin Mclean
March 23, 2014 at 1:23 pmI hear the court hearing will be held in Russia on 9th April