Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in September 2017

Olha KORBUT
The Maidan of Foreign Affairs,
Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies

Translated by Tetyana PUCHKOVA

The Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group has summarized the Russian airlines’ illegal flights to the occupied Crimea in September 2017.

In September, the holiday season in Crimea normally winds down. This is the peninsula’s fourth autumn under the Russian occupation and despite the optimistic statements by the occupation authorities about the steady increase in the passenger air traffic, comparative monitoring with the same period of the past years demonstrates the opposite.

In September of this year, 4524 flights went to and from the airport of Simferopol, compared to 4926 over the same period last year. The largest number of September flights to and from the occupied Crimea was in 2015, amounting to 5292, compared to 3700 in September of 2014, the first year of annexation.

The comparative chart below shows changes in the frequency of air travel during the occupation. Along with the 2015 peak, the two subsequent years show a clear downward trend in the number of daily flights both ways. Moscow and St. Petersburg remain the most popular destinations, while flights from other Russian cities to the occupied Crimea rarely exceed once a day.

The Dynamics of the Passenger Flights to and from
the Simferopol Airport in September 2014-2017

The Negative Profit Business

At the end of the month, it was reported that VIM-Avia delayed its flights at the Simferopol airport.

VIM-Avia

ІАТА NN
ІКАО MOV
Callsign: Mov Air
Main hub: Domodedovo Airport (Moscow)
Headquarters: Moscow

Destinations: Regular charter flights to Spain, Italy, Greece, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, France, Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, India, UAE and Sri Lanka

 

The carrier’s passengers were forced to extend their stay in the occupied peninsula for another day or more. Later it became known that VIM-Avia had gone bankrupt, so its passengers had to be carried out of Crimea by other Russian airlines.

We would like to remind the readers that VIM-Avia performed regular passenger flights to the occupied Crimea from the beginning of the annexation. Due to the bankruptcy of the carrier, Russian tour operators now predict an increase in the airfare to the occupied Crimea next year.
A plane of the bankrupt Russian airline VIM-Avia in the airport of the occupied Simferopol. Photo by Vladimir Kazakevich.

The BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group also regularly monitors the subsequent movement of aircrafts that illegally fly to the occupied Crimea, and 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. The previous monitoring results can be found in the 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:

Aircraft #

Model

Flight #

Airlines

Flight to/from Simferopol

Flight to EU

VP-BQW

Airbus A320-214

U634

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
08:28AM
15.08.2017

LED-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62801 7:40AM 21.09.2017

VQ-BTZ

Airbus A319-112

U6530

Ural Airlines

SIP-ROV
03:51AM
24.08.2017

Moscow-Lisbon(Portugal) U6843 08:24AM 03.09.2017 

VP-BJF

Boeing
777-21B(ER)

N4133

Nordwind Airlines

SIP-SVO
03:42AM
03.09.2017

Moscow-Dublin(Ireland) N47705 09:42AM 11.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece) N41611 02:32AM 12.09.2017

VQ-BRK

Boeing
737-8LP

S7/GH3328

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-OVB
01:19PM
20.08.2017

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany) S7991 2:19PM 16.09.2017
Moscow-Verona(Italy) S7697 12:10PM 10.09.2017

VP-BNL

Airbus A320-200

SU1636

Aeroflot / Russia

SVO-SIP
06:51AM
27.08.2017

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2152 11:45AM 14.09.2017
Budapest(Hungary)-Moscow
SU2468 08:39PM 13.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:49AM 13.09.2017
Istanbul(Turkey)-Moscow
SU2136 10:21AM 09.09.2017

VP-BJV

Airbus
A319-112

U6530

Ural Airlines

SIP-ROV
03:44AM
25.08.2017

Moscow-Kutaisi(Georgia)
U62913 01:37PM 21.09.2017

VQ-BSR

Boeing
737-8AS

SU6152

Rossiya

SIP-VKO
10:58AM
04.08.2017

Burgas(Bulgaria)-Moscow
FV5736 08:30PM 11.09.2017
Larnaca(Cyprus)-Moscow
FV5712 12:36AM
11.09.2017
Heraklion(Greece)-Moscow
FV5756 10:12AM 07.09.2017

RA-64043

Tupolev Tu204-100

WZ310

Red Wings

SIP-DME
12:56AM
03.09.2017

Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro) WZ533 10:00AM 08.09.2017

VQ-BKW

Boeing
737-8ZS

S7/GH262

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
4:53AM
30.08.2017

Moscow-Pafos(Cyprus)
S7601 11:52AM 22.09.2017
Moscow-Verona(Italy)
S7697 12:14PM 02.09.2017

VP-BDF

Boeing
737-8Q8

S7/GH262

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
5:23AM
23.08.2017

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7991 12:54PM 02.09.2017
 

VP-BMW

Airbus
A320-214

U644

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
12:40PM
25.08.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
U67029 10:41AM 16.09.2017
Batumi(Georgia)-Moscow
U62744 2:35PM 12.09.2017
Moscow-Venice(Italy)
U6877 10:51AM 02.09.2017

VP-BIN

Boeing
777-31H(ER)

NN346

VIM-Avia

SIP-DME
8:36PM
15.08.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
NN5721 6:34AM 22.09.2017
Antalya(Turkey)-Moscow
NN9310 9:51AM 12.09.2017

VQ-BOC

Airbus
A321-231

U62932

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
9:29AM
21.08.2017

LED-Barcelona(Spain)
U67052 10:04PM 20.09.2017
Tallinn(Estonia)-LED
U62880 11:38AM 18.09.2017
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
U61001 5:25PM
12.09.2017
Rimini(Italy)-Moscow
U67042 9:37PM 02.09.2017

VQ-BUE

Boeing
737-8GJ

FV5520

Rossiya

SIP-VKO
4:08AM
24.07.2017

Moscow-Prague(CZ)
FV5739 4:37PM 17.09.217
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
FV5861 15:29AM
15.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
FV5755 5:11AM 01.09.2017

VQ-BEA

Airbus
A321-211

SU1628

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SVO-SIP
1:47PM
14.09.2017

Stuttgart(Germany)-Moscow
SU2337 2:42PM 21.09.2017
Moscow-Amsterdam(Netherlands)
SU2550 9:44AM 18.09.2017
Paris(France)-Moscow
SU2463 4:15PM
16.09.2017
Rome(Italy)-Moscow
SU2403 1:08PM 15.09.2017
Athens(Greece)-Moscow
SU2113 12:49AM 11.09.217
Moscow-Geneva(Switzerland)
SU2380 9:22AM 09.09.217
Moscow-London(UK)
SU2580 7:45AM 07.09.2017

VP-BUG

Boeing
737-86J

S7/GH166

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
5:33PM
12.09.2017

Dusseldorf(Germany)-Moscow
S7992 4:46PM 21.09.2017
Verona(Italy)-Moscow
S7698 3:50PM 19.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7926 3:45PM 14.09.2017

VQ-BVM

Boeing
737-8GJ

S7/GH266

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
12:19AM
11.08.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7603 12:31PM 21.09.2017
Dusseldorf(Germany)-Moscow
S7992 5:19PM 19.09.2017

VP-BNG

Boeing
737-83N

S7/GH166

S7 Airlines/
Globus

SIP-DME
4:55PM
28.08.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
S7603 11:45AM 05.09.2017

VQ-BCV

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
11:00AM
22.08.2017

Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:23 16.09.2017

VQ-BPJ

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
12:08PM
06.09.2017

New York(USA)-Moscow
SU123 1:32AM 20.09.2017
 

VQ-BCU

Airbus
A330-343

SU1623

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
3:49PM
26.08.2017

Moscow-London(UK)
SU2578 10:21AM
21.09.2017

VP-BLY

Airbus
A330-243

SU1623

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
4:04PM
20.08.2017

London(UK)-Moscow
SU2585 11:13PM 12.09.2017
 

VQ-BNS

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
11:31AM
24.08.2017

London(UK)-Moscow
SU2585 10:57PM 20.09.217

VQ-BEL

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
11:12AM
16.08.2017

London(UK)-Moscow
SU2585 11:19PM 15.09.2017

VQ-BPI

Airbus
A330-343

SU1623

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
3:58PM
10.08.2017

Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:35PM
14.09.2017
London(UK)-Moscow
SU2579 2:00PM 11.09.2017

VQ-BQZ

Airbus
A330-343

SU1622

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SVO-SIP
11:45AM
24.08.2017

London(UK)-Moscow
SU2575 11:02PM 18.09.2017

VP-BDD

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
10:58AM
03.09.2017

Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:10PM
17.09.2017

VQ-BQY

Airbus
A330-343

SU1644

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SVO-SIP
6:58AM
11.09.2017

London(UK)-Moscow
SU2579 1:53PM
15.09.2017
 

VQ-BMY

Airbus
A330-343

SU1645

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
11:02AM
31.08.2017

Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:27PM 20.09.2017
Moscow-Tokyo(Japan)
SU262 7:23PM 08.09.2017

VQ-BEK

Airbus
A330-343

SU1623

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
4:16PM
25.08.2017

Moscow-London(UK)
SU2584 7:40PM 21.09.2017
Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:39PM 10.09.2017

VQ-BST

Airbus
A320-214

SU1649

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
4:46PM
12.09.2017

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2154 2:39PM 22.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2496 8:03PM 21.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:54AM 15.09.2017

VP-BMT

Airbus
A320-214

U6528

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
7:02PM
7.08.2017

Moscow-Venice(Italy)
U6877 10:43AM 23.09.2017
Tbilisi(Georgia)-LED
U62802 11:26AM 17.09.2017
Larnaca(Cyprus)-Moscow
U67030 3:29PM 09.09.2017
Tivat(Montenegro)-Moscow
U63172 12:40PM 01.09.2017
 

VP-BTZ

Airbus
A320-214

U6528

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
11:30PM
21.08.2017

Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:31AM
07.09.2017

VP-BOA

Boeing
737-8LJ

FV5520

Rossiya

SIP-VKO
4:04AM
04.09.2017

Yekaterinburg-Heraklion(Greece)
FV5815 2:17PM 23.09.2017
Antalya(Turkey)-Samara
FV5832 12:09AM 19.09.2017
Barcelona(Spain)-LED
FV5780 10:43PM 13.09.2017
Moscow-Prague(CZ)
FV5739 7:21PM 08.09.2017

VP-BFZ

Airbus
A320-214

U6528

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
7:11PM
15.08.2017

Rome(Italy)-Moscow
U6832 12:39PM
22.09.2017

VQ-BOF

Airbus
A321-211

U62842

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
9:00PM
30.08.2017

Larnaca(Cyrpus)-LED
U67036 10:35AM 24.09.2017
Barcelona(Spain)-LED
U67052 9:10AM 23.09.2017
Rimini(Italy)-Moscow
U67042 5:35PM 20.09.2017
Antalya(Turkey)-Perm
U61028 7:50PM 18.09.2017
Burgas(Bulgaria)-Yekaterinburg
U6836 8:50PM 13.09.2017
Heraklion(Greece)-Yekaterinburg
U67006 7:45PM 10.09.2017

VQ-BFW

Airbus A320-214

U62896

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
2:50AM
06.08.2017

Prague(CZ)-Yekaterinburg
U6702 10:55AM 24.09.2017
Barcelona(Spain)-Yekaterinburg
U6858 9:15AM 23.09.2017
Tel Aviv(Israel)-LED
U6888 9:00PM 10.09.2017
Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:00AM 08.09.2017

VP-BNQ

Boeing
737-8MC

SU1635

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
9:15PM
15.08.2017

Brussels(Belgium)-Moscow
SU2169 11:50AM 26.09.2017
Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
SU2071 1:50AM 26.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
SU2126 10:50AM 13.09.2017
Bologna(Italy)-Moscow
SU12:10AM 08.09.2017
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU2142 9:40AM 05.09.2017
Rome(Italy)-Moscow
SU2405 12:05AM 04.09.2017
Venice(Italy)-Moscow
SU2423 11:55PM 02.09.2017

VQ-BSR

Boeing
737-8AS

SU6152

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-VKO
9:51AM
14.09.2017

Heraklion(Greece)-Moscow
FV5756 6:31AM 26.09.2017
Moscow-Burgas(Bulgaria)
FV5735 4:08PM 25.09.2017
Nizhniy Novgorod-Larnaca(Cyprus)
FV5847 6:24AM 24.09.2017
Novosibirsk-Antalya(Turkey)
FV5811 9:48PM 23.09.2017
Prague(CZ)-Moscow
FV5740 4:02PM 21.09.2017

VQ-BMG

Boeing
737-8LP

S7/GH166

S7 Airlines / Globus

SIP-DME
4:53PM
2.09.2017

Novosibirsk-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH856 11:31AM
21.09.2017
Pafos(Cyprus)-Moscow
S7/GH602 4:30PM 20.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7/GH925 12:48PM
18.09.2017
Novosibirsk-Frankfurt(Germany)
S7/GH851 8:14AM 5.09.2017

VP-BYU

Airbus
A320-223

N4124

Nordwind Airlines

SIP-SVO
1:28PM
16.08.2017

Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
N41611 12:33PM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
N44401 11:01PM
13.09.2017
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
N41801 9:11PM
3.09.2017

VP-BRN

Boeing
737-5Y0

5N190

NordAvia

SIP-MMK
1:37AM
29.08.2017

LED-Batumi(Georgia)
5N707 3:55PM 23.09.2017
LED-Tbilisi(Georgia)
5N709 3:15PM 22.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
5N9309 10:31AM
2.09.2017

VP-BAD

Airbus
A320-214

SU1627

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
2:37AM
5.09.2017

Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2386 6:13PM 27.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:50AM
27.09.2017
Dusseldorf(Germany)-Moscow
SU2537 11:17AM 20.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 7:29AM
15.09.2017
Moscow-Warsaw(Poland)
SU2002 6:23PM
14.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2658 10:55AM
14.09.2017
Moscow-Chisinau(Moldova)
SU1844 8:48PM 10.09.2017
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2030 10:40AM
6.09.2017

RA-89028

Sukhoi Superjet
100-95B

SU2801

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-AER
9:37AM
27.09.2017

Vilnius(Lithuania)-Moscow
SU2109 5:18AM
25.09.2017
Riga(Latvia)-Moscow
SU2101 4:01PM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Tallinn(Estonia)
SU2114 9:36PM
18.09.2017

VQ-BCI

Airbus A320-214

U646

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
10:57PM
29.06.2017

Yekaterinburg-Burgas(Bulgaria)
U6833 7:47PM 19.09.2017
Krasnodar-Rimini(Italy)
U67043 11:29AM 16.09.2017
Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
U67029 9:13AM
14.09.2017
Moscow-Venice(Italy)
U6877 10:35AM
9.09.2017

VQ-BMX

Airbus
А330-343

SU1793

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
5:16AM
11.08.2017

Moscow-New York(USA)
SU122 8:28PM
22.09.2017
Tokyo(Japan)-Moscow
SU263 12:12PM 4.09.2017

VP-BMW

Airbus
A320-214

U644

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
12:40PM
25.08.2017

Moscow-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62465 3:43PM
25.09.2017
Larnaca(Cyprus)-Krasnodar
U67002 8:27PM
20.09.2017

VP-BIS

Airbus
A319-112

SU6892

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-LED
11:49AM
6.09.2017

LED-Burgas(Bulgaria)
SU6607 4:20PM
26.09.2017
LED-Milan(Italy)
SU6673 10:10AM
23.09.2017
LED-Paris(France)
SU6635 9:16AM
21.09.2017
LED-Vienna(Austria)
SU6603 9:09AM
17.09.2017
Nice(France)-LED
SU6634 1:10PM 14.09.2017
Berlin(Germany)-LED
SU6642 10:59AM
11.09.2017

VP-BQF

Boeing
737-83N

S7/GH268

S7 Airlines / Globus

SIP-DME
3:46AM
16.09.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7/GH603 11:56AM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 1:05PM 23.09.2017
Moscow-Verona(Italy)
S7/GH697 12:11PM
17.09.2017

VP-BTG

Airbus
A321-211

SU1625

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
8:28PM
22.07.2017

Moscow-Munich(Germany)
SU2326 2:42PM 26.09.2017
Moscow-Amsterdam(Netherlands)
SU2192 8:21PM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
SU2072 10:27AM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Nice(France)
SU2470 10:39AM 24.09.2017
Moscow-Vienna(Austria)
SU2352 3:27PM 23.09.2017
Moscow-Paris(France)
SU2454 10:22AM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Zagreb(Croatia)
SU2040 10:29AM
16.09.2017
Geneve(Switzerland)-Moscow
SU2381 12:54PM
13.09.2017
Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2306 8:21AM 12.09.2017
Moscow-Zurich(Switzerland)
SU2392 6:56PM
10.09.2017
Moscow-Rome(Italy)
SU2400 7:59AM
6.09.2017

VQ-BSH

Airbus
A320-214

SU1625

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
8:40PM
1.09.2017

Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU1395 7:57AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2536 8:02AM
22.09.2017
Moscow-Madrid(Spain)
SU2500 7:00AM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2030 10:40AM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2132 2:35PM
19.09.2017
Moscow-Valencia(Spain)
SU2502 9:19AM
18.09.2017
Helsinki(Finland)-Moscow
SU2201 9:12PM
3.09.2017

VQ-BAV

Airbus
A319-111

SU6134

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-ROV
3:36PM
3.08.2017

LED-Varna(Bulgaria)
SU6611 6:34AM
23.09.2017
LED-Milan(Italy)
SU6673 10:02AM
17.09.2017
LED-Hamburg(Germany)
SU6653 8:21AM
13.09.2017
Munich(Germany)-LED
SU6658 12:32PM
12.09.2017
LED-Nice(France)
SU6633 8:55AM
7.09.2017

VP-BRM

Airbus
А321-131

WZ701

Red Wings

SIP-LED
12:30PM
20.08.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
WZ9305 10:17PM
20.09.2017
Naples(Italy)-Moscow
WZ9256 10:24PM
9.09.2017

VQ-BRQ

Boeing
737-8LP

S7/GH3328

S7 Airlines / Globus

SIP-OVB
1:03PM
16.08.2017

Novosibirsk-Frankfurt(Germany)
S7/GH851 8:21AM
23.09.2017

VP-BBH

Airbus
A321-231

U6514

Ural Airlines

SIP-LED
11:02AM
12.09.2017

Palma de Mallorca(Spain)-Moscow
U65008 8:30AM
28.09.2017
Rimini(Italy)-Moscow
U6742 10:55AM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Burgas(Bulgaria)
U63217 1:55AM
25.09.2017
Barcelona(Spain)-Moscow
U6886 9:19PM
23.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
U6845 5:39AM
23.09.2017
Larnaca(Cyprus)-Moscow
U67032 2:48PM
14.09.2017
LED-Barcelona(Spain)
U67051 5:24PM
13.09.2017

VP-BKB

Airbus
А320-214

U610

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
8:08PM
18.08.2017

LED-Batumi(Georgia)
U62701 10:47AM
29.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Rome(Italy)
U6727 7:46AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
U6857 6:36AM
16.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
U63171 7:11AM
12.09.2017

VQ-BDR

Airbus
A320-214

SU6884

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-LED
8:46PM
2.09.2017

LED-Berlin(Germany)
SU6641 8:54AM
29.09.2017
LED-Varna(Bulgaria)
SU6611 6:36AM
24.09.2017
LED-Vienna(Austria)
SU6603 10:20AM
21.09.2017
LED-Milan(Italy)
SU6673 2:15PM
18.09.2017

VQ-BCY

Airbus
A320-214

U644

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
12:23PM
23.08.2017

LED-Batumi(Georgia)
U62701 11:51AM
18.09.2017
LED-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62801 6:50AM
10.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
U6705 11:26AM
3.09.2017
Krasnodar-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67002 4:16PM
1.09.2017

VQ-BJX

Boeing
737-86N

FV5610

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVX
2:41PM
23.07.2017

Chelyabinsk-Larnaca(Cyprus)
FV5843 8:40AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Rimini(Italy)
FV5727 10:07AM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Varna(Bulgaria)
FV5737 4:21PM
22.09.2017
Samara-Antalya(Turkey)
FV5831 4:53PM
7.09.2017
Ufa-Antalya(Turkey)
FV5807 9:18PM
1.09.217
Omsk-Larnaca(Cyprus)
FV5835 9:58AM
1.09.2017

VP-BSW

Airbus
А321-231

U62832

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
2:32PM
22.08.2017

Moscow-Palma de Mallorca(Spain)
U67047 10:42AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
U6845 11:10AM
26.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Antalya(Turkey)
U67049 7:28PM
21.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67027 4:58PM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Rimini(Italy)
U67041 3:53PM
13.09.2017

VQ-BSU

Airbus
A320-214

SU1629

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
5:26PM
28.08.2017

Moscow-Dresden(Germany)
SU2344 2:27P
15.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2437 8:11PM
14.09.2017
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2386 6:15PM
12.09.2017
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2468 6:41PM
7.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2312 9:49AM
7.09.2017
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2346 11:00AM
3.09.2017

VQ-BOY

Boeing
373-85F

R3472

Yakutia

SIP-VKO
7:23PM
17.08.2017

Krasnodar-Prague(CZ)
R3763 6:42PM
24.08.2017
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
R39853 1:03PM
16.09.2017

VP-BDX

Boeing
777-2H6(ER)

NN322

VIM-Avia

SIP-DME
4:52PM
18.05.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
NN9309 2:02PM
4.09.217

VQ-BFV

Airbus
A320-214

U610

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
8:50PM
28.07.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
U67029 12:26AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:14AM
28.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Prague(CZ)
U6701 8:10AM
14.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62911 3:08PM
4.09.2017

VP-BNC

Boeing
737-8LJ

SU1635

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
9:27M
28.09.2017

Moscow-Milan(Italy)
SU2612 11:19AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Lisbon(Portugal)
SU2606 8:02PM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Zurich(Switzerland)
SU2392 6:52PM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Bologna(Italy)
SU2424 8:20AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Rome(Italy)
SU2408 2:45PM
22.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
SU2126 11:08AM
10.09.2017

VP-BRM

Airbus
A321-131

WZ701

Red Wings

SIP-LED
12:32PM
8.09.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
WZ9305 10:17PM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Naples(Italy)
WZ9255 5:51PM
9.09.2017

VP-BDH

Boeing
737-8Q8

S7/GH266

S7 Airlines / Globus

SIP-DME
12:23AM
25.08.2017

Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7/GH925 12:20PM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 1:01PM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Verona(Italy)
S7/GH697 12:09PM
26.09.2017

VQ-BLO

Airbus
A320-214

U6528

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
7:04PM
8.09.2017

Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:07AM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Riga(Latvia)
U63179 9:00PM
25.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Prague(CZ)
U6701 8:13AM
21.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Barcelona(Spain)
U6857 6:36AM
9.09.2017

VP-BLR

Airbus
A320-214

SU1629

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
5:19PM
5.08.2017

Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2136 10:22AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Prague(CZ)
SU2010 7:46AM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2210 10:47AM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
SU2122 2:54PM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2302 3:51PM
23.09.2017
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2108 9:47PM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2496 7:57PM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Valencia(Spain)
SU2502 9:26AM
19.09.2017
Moscow-Stuttgart(Germany)
SU2336 11:14AM
11.09.2017
Moscow-Munich(Germany)
SU2320 7:05AM
10.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2312 9:43AM
3.09.2017
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2030 10:33AM
2.09.2017

VP-BHW

Airbus
A320-232

YC817

Yamal

SIP-LED
11:24AM
12.08.2017

Nizhniy Novgorod-Riga(Latvia)
YC9523 11:51PM
25.09.2017
Samara-Helsinki(Finland)
YC9526 8:54PM
21.09.2017
Helsinki(Finland)-Bratislava(Slovakia)
YC9525 6:16PM
20.09.2017

VP-BIE

Airbus
A320-214

U678

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
2:17AM
5.08.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
YC7029 8:08AM
28.09.2017

VP-BNT

Airbus
А320-214

SU1633

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
5:15AM
9.08.2017

Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2302 3:51PM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2136 10:24AM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2316 7:46PM
24.09.2017

Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2686 6:12PM
20.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2536 8:00AM
08.09.2017
Moscow-Hannover(Germany)
SU2342 11:13AM
5.09.2017
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2348 4:10PM
2.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2496 7L59PM
1.09.2017

VQ-BKH

Airbus
А321-211

U61090

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
7:38AM
17.08.2017

Yekaterinburg-Antalya(Turkey)
U61061 8:51PM
28.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Heraklion(Greece)
U67005 6:47AM
28.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67027 6:09PM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
U6845 9:51AM
20.09.2017

VQ-BRX

Embraer ERJ-195AR

6W5886

Saratov Airlines

SIP-MQF
4:38PM
1.09.2017

Antalya(Turkey)-Saratov
6W2928 1:20AM
27.09.2017
Mineralye Vody-Thessaloniki(Greece)
6W2973 7:35AM
18.09.2017

VP-BOD

Boeing
737-8LJ

SU6135

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-KRR
10:35AM
22.09.2017

Moscow-Podgorica(Montenegro)
FV5725 2:58PM
29.09.2017
Novosibirsk-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
FV5851 8:12PM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
FV5861 12:19AM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
FV5723 2:15PM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Varna(Bulgaria)
FV5737 4:3AM
25.09.2017

VQ-BKV

Boeing
737-8ZS

S7/GH266

S7 Airlines /
Globus

SIP-DME
12:15AM
2.09.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
S7/GH609 3:34PM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Tivat(Montenegro)
S7/GH925 12:10PM 27.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 1:31PM
15.09.2017

VP-BBQ

Airbus
A320-214

U68

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
9:09AM
1.09.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
U67029 10:48AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:48AM
22.09.2017
Rostov-on-Don-Rimini(Italy)
U67053 4:42PM
16.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Rome(Italy)
U6727 7:26AM
10.09.2017
Sochi-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62471 3:11PM
8.09.2017

VP-BJY

Airbus
A320-214

SU1627

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
2:34AM
3.09.2017

Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2302 3:50PM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2210 10:46AM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Prague(CZ)
SU2014 3:24PM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Valencia(Spain)
SU2502 9:16AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2436 7:56PM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:53AM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Budapest(Hungary)
SU2030 10:34AM
16.09.2017
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2134 9:41PM
9.09.2017

VQ-BRW

Airbus
A320-214

SU1629

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
5:24PM
16.09.2017

Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
SU2122 2:44PM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2346 11:08AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Prague(CZ)
SU2014 3:25PM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2684 7:34AM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:51AM
24.09.2017

VP-BEP

Boeing
737-8Q8

R3472A

Yakutia

SIP-VKO
7:01AM
25.07.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
R39851 8:13PM
18.09.2017

VP-BET

Airbus
A320-214

SU1649

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
4:43PM
17.09.2017

Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2210 10:50AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2536 7:40AM
23.09.2017
Moscow-Frankfurt(Germany)
SU2302 3:51PM
22.09.2017
Moscow-Chisinau(Moldova)
SU1846 7:41AM
22.09.2017

VP-BTF

Airbus
A319-112

U6528

Ural Airlines

SIP-SVX
6:58PM
16.08.2017

Moscow-Venice(Italy)
U6877 10:38AM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Kutaisi(Georgia)
U62913 1:39PM
26.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Tivat(Montenegro)
U67017 2:14PM
23.09.2017
Moscow-Lisbon(Portugal)
U6843 8:32AM
10.09.2017
Yekaterinburg-Tbilisi(Georgia)
U62911 2:44PM
1.09.2017

VP-BDL

Airbus
A320-232

U6522

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
4:47PM
26.07.2017

Yekaterinburg-Prague(CZ)
U6701 8:17AM
26.09.2017
Rostov-on-Don-Rimini(Italy)
U67053 3:08PM
23.09.2017
Samara-Tivat(Montenegro)
U67015 5:25AM
9.09.2017
Samara-Burgas(Bulgaria)
U6765 5:55PM
8.09.2017
Moscow-Batumi(Georgia)
U62743 10:40AM
6.09.2017

VQ-BTL

Airbus
A319-111

NN9352

VIM-Avia

SIP-DME
4:05AM
18.08.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
NN9103 12:54AM
30.09.2017
LED-Antalya(Turkey)
NN9315 5:55AM
23.09.2017

VQ-BCO

Airbus
A319-111

SU6134

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-ROV
3:35PM
10.09.2017

LED-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU6643 8:36AM
30.09.2017
LED-Munich(Germany)
SU6657 9:35AM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Paris(France)
SU6637 11:15AM
23.09.2017
LED-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU6695 9:27PM
22.09.2017
LED-Larnaca(Cyrpus)
SU6617 9:27AM
22.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
SU6679 6:20PM
16.09.2017

VP-BZA

Boeing
737-8LJ

SU1635

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
9:22PM
28.08.2017

Moscow-Antalya(Turkey)
SU2142 10:15AM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Prague(CZ)
SU2010 8:34AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Zurich(Switzerland)
SU2392 6:45PM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Milan(Italy)
SU2612 11:19AM
27.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2314 3:38PM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
SU2126 11:08AM
22.09.2017
Moscow-Brussels(Belgium)
SU2168 8:39AM
10.09.2017
Moscow-Rome(Italy)
SU2408 2:52PM
9.09.2017

VP-BRS

Airbus
A321-231

WZ308

Red Wings

SIP-DME
10:11PM
24.08.2017

Moscow-Naples(Italy)
WZ9255 7:20PM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Rimini(Italy)
WZ8829 9:51AM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Catania(Italy)
WZ9253 4:15AM
24.09.2017

VP-BJL

Boeing
777-35E(ER)

N4124

Nordwind Airlines

SIP-SVO
1:44PM
6.09.2017

Moscow-Larnaca(Cyrprus)
N4643 10:55AM
24.09.2017
Moscow-Heraklion(Greece)
N41615 1:56PM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Burgas(Bulgaria)
N47667 3:49AM
15.09.2017

VP-BSY

Airbus
A321-231

U62842

Ural Airlines

SIP-DME
9:35PM
19.08.2017

Moscow-Palma de Mallorca(Spain)
U65007 3:52AM
21.09.2017
Moscow-Barcelona(Spain)
U6845 10:12AM
18.09.2017
Moscow-Larnaca(Cyprus)
U67031 12:09PM
17.09.2017
Moscow-Rimini(Italy)
U67041 7:03PM
16.09.2017

VP-BFG

Airbus
А320-214

SU1649

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
4:39PM
16.08.2017

Moscow-Stuttgart(Germany)
SU2336 11:22AM
29.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2437 7:40PM
28.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2658 10:45AM
25.09.2017
Moscow-Hamburg(Germany)
SU2348 4:04PM
17.09.2017
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2136 10:13AM
13.09.2017
Moscow-Oslo(Norway)
SU2174 10:52AM
12.09.2017
Moscow-Vilnius(Lithuania)
SU2104 9:01AM
7.09.2017
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2386 6:23PM
5.09.2017
Moscow-Berlin(Germany)
SU2318 11:44AM
2.09.2017

VP-BCB

Airbus
A320-214

SU1625

Aeroflot / Rossiya

SIP-SVO
7:02PM
11.09.2017

Moscow-Warsaw(Poland)
SU2002 6:17PM
30.09.2017
Moscow-Stockholm(Sweden)
SU2210 10:48AM
29.09.2017
Frankfurt(Germany)-Moscow
SU2303 6:54PM
26.09.2017
Moscow-Copenhagen(Denmark)
SU2496 7:58PM
24.09.2017
Prague(CZ)-Moscow
SU2015 6:09PM
18.09.2017
Moscow-Istanbul(Turkey)
SU2134 9:53PM
17.09.2017
Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
SU2436 8:03PM
15.09.2017

VP-BND

Boeing
737-83N

S7/GH162

S7 Airlines / Globus

SIP-DME
9:49PM
17.09.2017

Moscow-Dusseldorf(Germany)
S7/GH991 12:53PM
28.09.2017

 

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.