OREANDA-NEWS In March, Russian airlines sent 246 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to the parking lots in 30 of the country's largest airlines. «Izvestia» writes about this, referring to the data of the flight tracking service Flightradar. According to the data presented, 76 boards do not take to the air for about a month, another 170 from a week to 20 days. 116 airliners are parked at Sheremetyevo, the largest Russian airport, 25 at Domodedovo, 47 boards are based at Vnukovo.

In addition, from 1 to 12 aircraft were located at the airports of St. Petersburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnoyarsk, Surgut, Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, the publication reports. Thus, one third of the entire foreign fleet of Russia (980 aircraft) has interrupted flights.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a postponed meeting on the development of the aviation industry on Thursday, March 31, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said. He noted that the meeting on air transportation will begin after 14:00 and will be held in videoconference mode.