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Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in April 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 April 2018.
Airbus A320-214. VQ-BFV, Ural Airlines. Photo: Sinior Planesphotos.net

In April of this year, 1860 flights went to and from the airport of Simferopol. Last year the number was 1740. The largest number of April flights to and from the occupied Crimea took place in 2016, amounting to 2212, while 2015 saw the total 1998 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​, Ikar(Pegas) and NordAvia. ​

The Dynamics of the Passenger Flights to and from
the Simferopol Airport in April 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

Airlines

Flight from SIP

Route to EU/Other

VQ-BFV

Airbus
A320-214

Ural Airlines

U62932
SIP-SVO
2:41PM
06.04.2018

Moscow-Munich(Germany)
U6799 Landed 12:54PM
12.04.2018

VP-BRM

Airbus
A321-131

Red Wings

WZ308
SIP-DME
8:25PM
01.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
S7/GH9241 L. 8:42AM
18.04.2018

VP-BUG

Boeing
737-86J

S7 Airlines/
Globus

S7/GH270
SIP-DME
10:21AM
03.04.2018

Moscow-Pafos(Cyprus)
S7/GH601 L. 3:20PM
05.04.2018
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7/GH925 L. 3:20PM
05.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 L. 2:50PM
13.04.2018

VQ-BRR

Boeing
737-8LP

S7 Airlines/
Globus

S7/GH3328
SIP-OVB
12:48PM
01.04.2018

Novosibirsk-Munich(Germany)
S7/GH845 L. 8:35AM
14.04.2018

VQ-BRQ

Boeing
737-8LP

S7 Airlines/
Globus

S7/GH164
SIP-DME
12:30PM
08.04.2018

Moscow-Verona(Italy)
S7/GH697 L. 2:37PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7/GH603 L. 11:47
16.04.2018

VQ-BSS

Boeing
737-8AS

Rossiya

FV6144
SIP-VKO
1:34PM
02.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU/FV5857 L. 8:48AM
06.04.2018
Moscow-Pafos(Cyprus)
SU/FV5705 L. 6:40PM
12.04.2018
Moscow-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU/FV5739 L. 5:31PM
14.04.2018

VQ-BVU

Boeing
737-8LJ

Rossiya

FV6146
SIP-VKO
10:59PM
07.04.2018

Moscow-Nice(France)
SU/FV6639 L. 12:07PM
09.04.2018

VP-BDH

Boeing
737-8Q8

S7 Airlines/

Globus

S7/GH3328
SIP-OVB
12:54PM
06.04.2018

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7/GH603 Landed 3:21PM
13.04.2018

VP-BIS

Airbus
A319-112

Rossiya

FV6884
SIP-LED
6:53PM
09.04.2018

St.Petersburg-Berlin(Germany)
SU6641 Landed 9:45AM
10.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Munich(Germany)
SU6657 Landed 10:53AM
13.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Milan(Italy)
SU6671 Landed 11:19PM
15.04.2018

VP-BIE

Airbus
A320-214

Ural Airlines

U6522
SIP-DME
4:46PM
05.04.2018

St.Petersburg-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62801 Landed 10:14AM
08.04.2018
Sochi -Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62471 Landed 8:35PM
14.04.2018

VP-BQD

Boeing
737-83N

S7 Airlines/

Globus

S7/GH164
SIP-DME
12:36PM
02.04.2018

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7/GH603 Landed 3:06PM
04.04.2018

Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7/GH925 Landed 2:30PM
09.04.2018

VP-BWY

Airbus
A320-232

Red Wings

WZ308
SIP-DME
8:53PM
10.04.2018

Moscow-Pardubice(Czech Republic)
WZ545 Landed 12:17PM
12.04.2018

RA-89105

SS100-95B

Aeroflot

SU2801
SIP-AER
9:31AM
09.04.2018

Moscow-Riga(Latvia)
SU2100 Landed 2:29PM
10.04.2018
Tallinn(Estonia)-Moscow
SU2115 8:49PM
10.04.2018
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2534 Landed 8:03PM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Bucharest(Romania)
SU2034 Landed 12:25PM
12.04.2018
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2496 Landed 9:45PM
16.04.2018

VP-BFZ

Airbus
A320-214

Ural Airlines

U6522
SIP-DME
5:00PM
03.04.2018

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67029 Landed 1:40PM
14.04.2018

VP-BTC

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1621
SIP-SVO
12:58PM
08.04.2018

Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2318 Landed 12:48PM
14.04.2018
Moscow-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU2016 Landed 8:46PM
14.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2436 Landed 9:52PM
17.04.2018

VP-BNL

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1659
SIP-SVO
9:03PM
09.04.2018

Istanbul(Turkey)-Moscow
SU2131 1:06PM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU2016 Landed 9:02PM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2104 Landed 10:22AM
12.04.2018
Moscow-Hannover(Germany)
SU2342 Landed 12:51PM
16.04.2018

VQ-BUF

Boeing
737-8GJ

Rossiya

FV6144
SIP-VKO
1:45PM

06.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU5857 Landed 6:17PM
08.04.2018

VP-BSK (TC-AAL)

Boeing
737-82R

Nordwind Airlines

N4124
SIP-SVO
9:28AM
05.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
N41803 Landed 6:37PM
14.04.2018
Moscow-Lisbon(Portugal)
N42305 Landed 5:59AM
16.04.2018

VQ-BAX

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1623
SIP-SVO
3:51PM
15.04.2018

Moscow-Belgrade(Serbia)
SU2092 Landed 10:12PM
15.04.2018
Moscow-Munich(Germany)
SU2320 Landed 8:55AM
16.04.2018
Madrid(Spain)-Moscow
SU2605 11:48PM
16.04.2018

VQ-BSH

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1625
SIP-SVO
6:57PM
01.04.2018

Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 Landed 8:43AM
02.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2152 Landed 1:30PM
04.04.2018
Moscow-Chisinau(Moldova)
SU1844 Landed 11:41PM
04.04.2018
Moscow-Munich(Germany)
SU2326 Landed 4:40PM
12.04.2018
Moscow-Hannover(Germany)
SU2342 Landed 12:39PM
14.04.2018
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2658 Landed 12:06PM
17.04.2018

VP-BQK

Airbus
A319-111

Rossiya

FV6894
SIP-LED
10:34PM
02.04.2018

Moscow-Paris(France)
SU/FV6637 Landed 2:40PM
06.04.2018
St. Petersburg-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU/FV6643 Landed 10:14AM
11.04.2018

VP-BET

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1659
SIP-SVO
9:09PM
04.04.2018

Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 Landed 12:11PM
05.04.2018
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2130 Landed 11:45AM
06.04.2018
Moscow-Brussels(Belgium)
SU2168 Landed 10:51AM
07.04.2018
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2316 Landed 9:10PM
08.04.2018
Moscow-Munich(Germany)
SU2326 Landed 4:45PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU2144 Landed 12:07AM
10.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2536 Landed 9:42AM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2348 Landed 5:46PM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2108 Landed 10:37PM
12.04.2018

EI-EZC

Airbus
A319-112

Rossiya

FV6884
SIP-LED
6:44PM
04.04.2018

St.Petersburg-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU/FV6621 Landed 10:11AM
05.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Barcelona(Spain)
SU/FV6701 Landed 11:14AM
07.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Vienna(Austria)
SU/FV6603 Landed 10:33AM
10.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Nice(France)
SU/FV6633 Landed 11:31AM
12.04.2018
St.Petersburg-London(UK)
SU/FV6619 Landed 3:59PM
14.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Munich(Germany)
SU/FV6657 Landed 11:10AM
15.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Larnaca(Cyprus)
SU/FV6617 Landed 11:39AM
18.04.2018

VP-BSP

Boeing
737-82R

Nordwind Airlines

N4524
SIP-SVO
3:51PM
03.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
N41801 Landed 11:07AM
10.04.2018

RA-89028

SS100-95B

Aeroflot

SU2800
AER-SIP
Landed 8:12AM
17.04.2018

Moscow-Riga(Latvia)
SU2118 Landed 12:26AM
17.04.2018
Moscow-Bucharest(Romania)
SU2034 Landed 12:21PM
18.04.2018
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2386 Landed 7:31PM
18.04.2018

VQ-BGI

Airbus
A320-232

Ural Airlines

U6522
SIP-DME
4:44PM
11.04.2018

Yekaterinhburg-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62911 Landed 1:55PM
13.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Frankfurt(Germany)
U6717 Landed 6:20PM
16.04.2018

VP-BBT

Airbus
A319-112

Rossiya

FV6894
SIP-LED
10:25PM
01.04.2018

St.Petersburg-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU/FV6643 Landed 10:17AM
04.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Berlin(Germany)
SU/FV6641 Landed 9:47AM
04.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Vienna (Austria)
SU/FV6603 Landed 10:30AM
06.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Hamburg(Germany)
SU/FV6653 Landed 3:47PM
17.04.2018
St.Petersburg-London(UK)
SU/FV6619 Landed 3:35AM
19.04.2018

VQ-BVL

Boeing
737-8GJ

S7 Airlines/Globus

S7/GH270
SIP-DME
10:19AM
04.04.2018

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 Landed 2:54PM
07.04.2018
Moscow-Pafos(Cyprus)
S7/GH601 Landed 3:29PM
10.04.2018

VP-BFA

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1659
SIP-SVO
9:12PM
05.04.2018

Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 Landed 8:50AM
06.04.2018
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2468 Landed 7:38PM
08.04.2018
Moscow-Valencia(Spain)
SU2502 Landed 12:58PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2108 Landed 10:38PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2132 Landed 5:50PM
15.04.2018
Moscow-Vienna(Austria)
SU2352 Landed 6:33PM
17.04.2018
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU2144 Landed 12:01AM
18.04.2018

VP-BKY

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1623
SIP-SVO
3:53PM
16.04.2018

Madrid(Spain)-Moscow
SU2501 12:17PM
17.04.2018
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
SU2512 Landed 10:55PM
17.04.2018

VP-BFG

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1645
SIP-SVO
10:56AM
08.04.2018

Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2468 Landed 7:32PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Chisinau(Moldova)
SU1846 Landed 10:25AM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2656 Landed 5:43PM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2658 Landed 11:46AM
15.04.2018

VQ-BBA

Airbus
A319-111

Rossiya

FV6884
SIP-LED
6:55PM
01.04.2018

St.Petersburg-Rome(Italy)
SU/FV6675 Landed 12:06PM
04.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU/FV6621 Landed 10:20AM
11.04.2018
St.Petersburg-London(UK)
SU/FV6619 Landed 3:48PM
12.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Milan(Italy)
SU/FV6673 Landed 12:00PM
13.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Hamburg(Germany)
SU/FV6653 Landed 3:40PM
15.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU/FV6643 Landed 10:05AM
17.04.2018

VP-BIY

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1621
SIP-SVO
1:20PM
12.04.2018

Moscow-Helsinki(Finland)
SU2200 Landed 7:57PM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2104 Landed 9:58AM
17.04.2018

VQ-BKJ

Airbus
A321-211

Ural Airlines


U62832
SIP-DME
2:04PM
03.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
U63001 Landed 7:16PM
05.04.2018

VP-BCE

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1621
SIP-SVO
1:17PM
02.04.2018

Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2348 Landed 5:45PM
07.04.2018
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2132 Landed 5:54PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Vienna(Austria)
SU2352 Landed 6:18PM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 Landed 8:38AM
14.04.2018
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2348 Landed 5:56PM
18.04.2018
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2658 Landed 11:50AM
19.04.2018

EI-EYM

Airbus
A319-111

Rossiya

FV6894
SIP-LED
10:24PM
09.04.2018

St.Petersburg-London(UK)
SU/FV6619 Landed 3:52PM
10.04.2018
Rome(Italy)- St.Petersburg
SU/FV6676 1:41PM
11.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Larnaca(Cyprus)
SU/FV6617 Landed 5:52PM
15.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Munich(Germany)
SU/FV6657 Landed 11:28AM
16.04.2018
Barcelona(Spain)- St.Petersburg
SU/FV6702 12:28PM
17.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Prague(Czech Republic)
SU/FV6621 Landed 10:02AM
18.04.2018

VQ-BVV

Boeing
737-8LJ

Rossiya

FV6418
SIP-VKO
11:04PM
01.04.2018

Moscow-Nice(France)
SU/FV6639 Landed 12:32PM
12.04.2018

VQ-BRS

Airbus
A321-231

Nordwind Airlines

N4634
SIP-SVO
3:33AM
04.04.2018

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
N41803 Landed 4:18PM
08.04.2018
Moscow-Lisbon(Portugal)
N42301 Landed 6:09AM
12.04.2018

VQ-BQN

Airbus
A320-214

Ural Airlines

U6484
SIP-KUF
2:19PM
06.04.2018

Paris(France)-Yekaterinburg
U6710 12:22PM
15.04.2018

VQ-BCZ

Airbus
A320-214

Ural Airlines

U6522
SIP-DME
5:56PM
27.03.2018

Krasnodar-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67001 Landed 10:08AM
01.04.2018
Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62643 Landed 2:29PM
02.04.2018
St.Petersburg-Frankfurt(Germany)
U6717 Landed 6:18PM
06.04.2018

VP-BFE

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1629
SIP-SVO
5:25PM
08.04.2018

Frankfurt(Germany)-Kazan
SU705 2:22PM
09.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2436 Landed 9:58PM
11.04.2018
Moscow-Brussels(Belgium)
SU2618 Landed 10:06PM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2316 Landed 9:13PM
15.04.2018

RA-89041

SS 100-95B

Aeroflot

SU2801
SIP-AER
10:20AM
12.04.2018

Moscow-Bucharest(Romania)
SU2034 Landed 12:20PM
13.04.2018
Moscow-Dresden(Germany)
SU2344 Landed 3:38PM
15.04.2018
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2316 Landed 9:27PM
18.04.2018

VP-BTO

Airbus
A320-214

Aeroflot

SU1630
SVO-SIP
Landed 7:18PM
12.04.2018

Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2306 Landed 9:53AM
02.04.2018
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2154 Landed 4:39PM
04.04.2018
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 Landed 8:59AM
08.04.2018
Hannover(Germany)-Moscow
SU2343 2:15PM
10.04.2018

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.