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Aeroflot to dismantle eight Boeing jets for spare parts amid sanctions and shrinking fleet

Russian airline group Aeroflot plans to dismantle eight Boeing cargo planes previously owned by the Volga-Dnepr Group, using them as sources of spare parts to maintain its aging fleet, The Moscow Times reported on Sept. 29.

30 September 2025, 11:30 AM

Aeroflot cancels over 50 flights in one day after hacker attack — Russian media

Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia, canceled 22 flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and 31 incoming flights to the capital, Russian Interfax propaganda outlet wrote on July 29.

29 July 2025, 03:46 PM

Hackers exploit Aeroflot CEO’s weak password, disrupt flights

The breach of the IT systems of Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, was facilitated by the unchanged password of CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky since 2022, Belarusian Cyber Partisans BY reported on their website on July 28.

28 July 2025, 09:33 PM

Belarusian cyberpartisans claim total destruction of Aeroflot IT system as Kremlin notes ‘alarming’ reports

Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot canceled 42 flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, including to Yekaterinburg, Minsk, and St. Petersburg, due to a major IT system failure, the airline’s press office said on the morning of July 28.

28 July 2025, 03:15 PM

Over 20 planes stuck in Moscow airspace following drone attack — Russian media

After the temporary closure of Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky airports due to Ukrainian drone attack, a queue of over 22 aircraft formed in the skies above Moscow, Russian Telegram channel Shot wrote on May 7.

8 May 2025, 08:08 AM

Russia pushes US to lift Aeroflot ban, EU blocks efforts

Moscow is pressing Washington to open U.S. airspace to Russian airlines, particularly state-owned Aeroflot, as a condition for a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, Politico reported on April 18, citing an anonymous European Commission official.

19 April 2025, 02:29 PM

Russia pushes U.S. to lift sanctions on Aeroflot for flight restoration

Russia has proposed that the United States lift sanctions on Aeroflot, the country’s largest airline, to restore direct air travel between the two nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on April 11, according to the Kremlin-controlled Interfax news agency.

11 April 2025, 03:29 PM

Aeroflot buys old planes to dismantle for spare parts amid airline sector crisis

Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, plans to acquire five Boeing 737-800BCF freighters from Volga-Dnepr Group to sell for spare parts, The Moscow Times reports, citing Kommersant on Dec. 6.

6 December 2024, 03:55 PM

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