Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in January 2018

Olha KORBUT
Expert of the monitoring group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs

Translated by Tetyana PUCHKOVA

The monitoring group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs has summed up the results of monitoring Russian airlines’ illegal flights to the occupied Crimea in January 2018.

Airbus A320-214. VP-BME. Aeroflot/Rossiya. Photo: Alexey Ereshko, planespotters

In January of this year, 1550 flights went to and from the airport of Simferopol. Last year the number was 1496. The largest number of January flights to and from the occupied Crimea took place in 2016, amounting to 1930, while 2015 saw the total 1500 to and from Simferopol.

Passenger trafic to the occupied peninsula was carried out exclusively by the Russian airlines, namely: ​Aeroflot,​ Ural Airlines,​ Rossiya,​ Globus, UVT, Red Wings, Nordwind Airlines​, Yamal, Alrosa and NordAvia. ​

The Dynamics of the Passenger Flights to and from
the Simferopol Airport in January 2015-2018

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The Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group also regularly monitors the subsequent movement of aircrafts that illegally fly to the occupied Crimea. We can confirm that a number of them also provide passenger traffic to the European countries that have condemned the Russian annexation of Crimea. The database of those aircrafts is being continuously updated and expanded. Previous monitoring results can be found in the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and the Maidan of Foreign Affairs monthly air traffic reviews.

The table below details the European flights by the Russian airlines that regularly fly to the Simferopol airport:

Plane #

Model

Flight from SIP

Airlines

Flight from SIP


Route to EU/other

VQ-BFV

Airbus
A320-214

U6526

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
10:24AM
03.01.2018

Yekaterinburg-Rome (Italy)
U6727 Landed 8:01AM
11.01.2018
Rimini (Italy)-Moscow
U6742 2:04PM
31.01.2018

VQ-BRT

Airbus
A321-231

N4134

Nordwind Airlines

SIP-SVO
7:33PM
04.01.2018

Athens (Greece)-Moscow
N47756 1:52PM
26.01.2018

VP-BDG

Boeing

737-8Q8

S7/GH164

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
12:54PM
07.01.2018

Moscow-Tivat (Montenegro)
S7925 Landed 1:23PM
08.01.2018
Moscow-Verona (Italy)
S7697 Landed 12:34PM
09.01.2018
Moscow-Chisinau (Moldova)
S7157 Landed 1:09PM
11.01.2018
Moscow-Larnaca (Cyprus)
S7603 Landed 1:55PM
28.01.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf (Germany)
S7991 Landed 2:27PM
31.01.2018

VQ-BKU

Airbus
A320-214

SU1637

Aeroflot

SIP-SVO
11:36AM
13.01.2018

Oslo (Sweden)-Moscow
SU2175 1:18PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Helsinki (Finland)
SU2200 Landed 8:03PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Vilnius (Lithuania)
SU2104 Landed 9:45AM
15.01.2018
Moscow-Paris (France)
SU2458 Landed 4:42PM
15.01.2018
Moscow-Berlin (Germany)
SU2318 Landed 12:27PM
16.01.2018
Moscow-Nice (Italy)
SU2470 Landed 12:10PM
17.01.2018
Moscow-Antalya (Turkey)
SU2142 Landed 4:48PM
18.01.2018
Moscow-Riga (Latvia)
SU2682 Landed 9:85AM
21.01.2018
Moscow-Munich (Germany)
SU2320 Landed 9:28AM
25.01.2018
Moscow-Prague (Czech Republic)
SU2014 Landed 4:11PM
26.01.2018

RA-89046

SS100-95B

SU2801

Aeroflot

SIP-AER
11:10AM
22.12.2018

Moscow-Tallinn (Estonia)
SU2114 Landed 8:29PM
03.01.2018
Moscow-Riga (Latvia)
SU2100 Landed 2:42PM
08.01.2018

VP-BND

Boeing
737-83N

S7/GH262

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
11:44AM
05.01.2018

Moscow-Chisinau (Moldova)
S7157 Landed 1:01PM
12.01.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf (Germany)
S7991 Landed 1:43PM
13.01.2018

VP-BQF

Boeing
737-83N

S7/GH262

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
11:42AM
11.01.2018

Moscow-Verona (Italy)
S7697 Landed 12:22PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Chisinau (Moldova)
S7157 Landed 12:17PM
15.01.2018
Moscow-Larnaca (Cyprus)
S7603 Landed 2:14PM
26.01.2018

EI-EYL

Airbus
A319-111

FV6892

Rossiya

SIP-LED
1:33PM
15.01.2018

St.Petersburg-Prague (Czech Republic)
SU/FV6621 L. 11:29AM
17.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Nice (Italy)
SU/FV6633 L. 3:45PM
18.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Berlin (Germany)
SU/FV6641 L. 10:13AM
20.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Rome (Italy)
SU/FV6675 L. 12:02PM
30.01.2018

VQ-BDM

Airbus
A320-214

U6512

Ural Airlines

SIP-LED
8:22PM
08.01.2018

St.Petersburg-Helsinki (Finland)
U63347 Landed 1:01AM
09.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Kittila (Finland)
U63247 Landed 3:37PM
10.01.2018

VP-BQW

Airbus
A320-214

U6526

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
10:43AM
01.01.2108

Yekaterinburg -Rome (Italy)
U6727 Landed 7:50AM
04.01.2018
Moscow -Rimini (Italy)
U6741 Landed 12:10PM
27.01.2018

VP-BRM

Airbus
A321-131

WZ308

Red Wings

SIP-DME
7:36PM
02.01.2018

Moscow-Verona (Italy)
WZ9259 Landed 8:04AM
06.01.2018
Moscow-Rovaniemi (Finland)
WZ9295 Landed 10:22AM
09.01.2018

VP-BIQ

Airbus
A319-111

FV6896

Rossiya

SIP-LED
9:00PM
19.12.2017

St.Petersburg-Prague (Czech Republic)
SU/FV6621 L. 11:06AM
18.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Dusseldorf (Germany)
SU/FV6643 L. 11:23AM
20.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Berlin (Germany)
SU/FV6641 L. 9:51AM
23.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Vienna (Austria)
SU/FV6603 L. 10:09AM
25.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Rome (Italy)
SU/FV6675 L. 12:14PM
27.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Munich (Germany)
SU/FV6657 L. 11:08AM
28.01.2018

VP-BWX

Airbus
A320-232

WZ702

Red Wings

SIP-LED
3:32PM
02.01.2018

Moscow-Barcelona (Spain)
WZ9423 Landed 9:46AM
27.01.2018

VP-BUG

Boeing
737-86J

S7/GH166

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
6:08PM
05.01.2018

Moscow-Pafos (Cyprus)
S7/GH601 Landed 2:47PM
11.01.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf (Germany)
S7/GH991 Landed 1:53PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Verona (Italy)
S7/GH697 L. 12:15PM
16.01.2018
Moscow-Chisinau (Moldova)
S7/GH157 L. 12:19PM
19.01.2018
Moscow-Tivat (Montenegro)
S7/GH925 Landed 1:40PM
20.01.2018
Moscow-Larnaca (Cyprus)
S7/GH603 Landed 2:26PM
22.01.2018

VQ-BWC

Boeing
737-8LJ

SU1625

Aeroflot

SIP-SVO
6:38PM
01.01.2018

Moscow-Malaga (Spain)
SU2620 Landed 11:36AM
02.01.2018
Moscow-Zurich (Switzerland)
SU2390 Landed 1:36PM
05.01.2018
Moscow-London (UK)
SU2588 Landed 2:21PM
10.01.2018
Moscow-Belgrade (Serbia)
SU2090 Landed 2:10PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Alicante (Spain)
SU2522 Landed 11:51AM
15.01.2018
Moscow-Bologna (Italy)
SU2428 Landed 10:55PM
16.01.2018
Moscow-Venice (Italy)
SU2596 Landed 11:40AM
17.01.2018
Moscow-Berlin (Germany)
SU2316 Landed 9:16PM
19.01.2018
Moscow-Milan (Italy)
SU2416 Landed 9:07AM
26.01.2018
Moscow-Riga (Latvia)
SU2682 Landed 10:08AM
27.01.2018
Moscow-Barcelona (Spain)
SU2516 Landed 2:39PM
28.01.2018
Moscow-Copenhagen (Denmark)
SU2496 Landed 9:39PM
31.01.2018

VP-BGH

Airbus
A321-232

N4134

Nordwind Airlines

SIP-SVO
8:03PM
11.01.2018

 

VP-BNN

Airbus
A319-111

FV6896

Rossiya

SIP-LED
8:34PM
19.01.2018

St.Petersburg-Milan (Italy)
SU/FV6673 L. 12:06PM
23.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Munich (Germany)
SU/FV6657 L. 11:25AM
31.01.2018

VQ-BRK

Boeing
737-8LP

S7/GH3327

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-OVB
2:13PM
26.12.2017

Moscow -Tivat (Montenegro)
S7/GH925 L. 1:10PM
04.01.2018
Moscow -Dusseldorf (Germany)
S7/GH991 L. 3:08PM
05.01.2018
Moscow -Verona (Italy)
S7/GH697 L. 12:48PM
06.01.2018
Novosibirsk -Munich (Germany)
S7/GH845 L. 8:24AM
27.01.2018

VQ-BRV

Airbus
A320-214

SU1637

Aeroflot

SIP-SVO
11:54AM
14.01.2018

Moscow-Turin (Italy)
SU7162 Landed 6:02PM
14.01.2018
Moscow-Stockholm (Sweden)
SU2210 Landed 11:40AM
17.01.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf (Germany)
SU2152 Landed 2:07PM
18.01.2018
Moscow-Istanbul (Turkey)
SU2134 Landed 1:30AM
18.01.2018
Moscow-Antalya (Turkey)
SU2142 Landed 4:35PM
22.01.2018
Moscow-Hannover (Germany)
SU2342 Landed 1:21PM
23.01.2018
Moscow-Belgrade (Serbia)
SU2092 Landed 9:29PM
25.01.2018

VP-BUS

Boeing
737-8MC

FV6148

Rossiya

SIP-VKO
8:51PM
19.01.2018

 

VP-BDL

Airbus
A320-232

U6526

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
11:00AM
06.01.2018

Yekaterinburg -Tbilisi (Georgia)
U62911 Landed 3:30PM
08.012.2018
Moscow-Larnaca (Cyrpus)
U67029 Landed 6:28PM
28.01.2018

RA-89060

SS100-95B

SU2801

Aeroflot

SIP-AER
11:15AM
05.12.2017

Moscow-Budapest (Hungary)
SU2032 Landed 9:34AM
20.01.2018
Moscow-Oslo (Norway)
SU2534 Landed 9:33PM
20.01.2018
Moscow-Bucharest (Romania)
SU2034 Landed 2:05PM
21.01.2018
Moscow-Tallinn (Estonia)
SU2114 Landed 8:15PM
22.01.2018
Moscow-Riga (Latvia)
SU2100 Landed 2:41PM
23.01.2018
Moscow-Stockholm (Sweden)
SU2386 Landed 9:24PM
23.01.2018
Moscow-Berlin (Germany)
SU2316 Landed 9:39PM
24.01.2018

VQ-BKV

Boeing
737-8ZS

S7/GH164

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
1:07PM
04.01.2018

Moscow-Chisinau (Moldova)
S7157 Landed 12:27PM
06.01.2018
Moscow-Larnaca (Cyprus)
S7603 Landed 2:28PM
08.01.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf (Germany)
S7991 Landed 2:08PM
11.01.2018

VQ-BCP

Airbus
A319-111

FV6896

Rossiya

SIP-LED
11:37PM
15.01.2018

St.Petersburg-Munich (Germany)
SU/FV6657 L.11:26AM
18.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Dusseldorf (Germany)
SU/FV6643 L.11:10AM
19.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Milan (Italy)
SU/FV6673 L. 12:31PM
21.01.2018
St.Petersburg-Vienna (Austria)
SU/FV6603 L. 10:05AM
28.01.2018

VQ-BLO

Airbus
A320-214

U6522

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
3:08PM
09.01.2018

Yekaterinburg -Tbilisi (Georgia)
U62911 Landed 1:51PM
12.01.2018
Yekaterinburg -Prague (Czech Republic)
U6701 Landed 8:16AM
16.01.2018

Note:

In December 2014 the administration of the US President Barack Obama has adopted a number of decisions regarding the sanctions for any action in the occupied Crimea.

In April of the same year, in accordance with the ICAO Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Eurocontrol (the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation), banned the European airlines from flying to the Russia-occupied Crimea and Sevastopol. [1].

Ukraine officially accused [2] Russia of violation of the international multilateral and bilateral agreements and the provisions of the European Air Navigation Plan, as well as in ignoring the established borders of the Flight Information Regions (FIR) [3].

The Air Navigation Services in the sky over the Crimean Peninsula belong to the jurisdiction to Ukraine that due to the Russian annexation of the Crimean AR had to move the dispatch center from Simferopol to Kyiv and Odessa.

However, due to the inability of the State Avia Service to guarantee security of the Ukraine flights over the occupied territories, in March 2014, it was decided to close the airports in Simferopol and Belbek and the lower airspace and to restrict traffic in Simferopol flight information region.

At the same time, Ukraine continues to service the Black Sea FIR within its competence.

In April 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) called Russia's actions to seize control of the airspace above Crimea and the Black Sea waters that belong to the Ukrainian FIR, illegal [4].

[1] The ban of the flights to the occupied Crimea for European airlines: http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198796.html

[2] Announcement of the SE "UkrAeroRukh" of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine: http://uksatse.ua/index.php?act=Part&CODE=247&id=264

[3] The FIR (Flight Information Region) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided

[4] The publication in the online edition of the Tyzhden magazine from 16.04.2014 http://tyzhden.ua/News/107719

For two and a half years, the BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group conducts daily monitoring of the illegal flights to the occupied Crimea followed by the media publications of the results of the investigation on the airlines-offenders.

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For the last two and a half years, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group has been conducting daily monitoring of the illegal flights to the occupied Crimea with further publications in the media on the airlines offenders.

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The monitoring of the violations of the international sanctions against Russia and the legal regime of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea is supported by the European Program Initiative of the Renaissance International Foundation. The position of Renaissance International Foundation may not reflect the opinion of the authors.