“The decision of the European Commission to include Russian airlines in the so-called EU black list will not affect the safety of our carriers,” the statement says.
As noted, this decision "was made in absentia and does not have any grounds related to the technical condition of the aircraft fleet of Russian air carriers, maintaining the airworthiness of these aircraft, and the execution of leasing transactions."
Earlier it was reported that the Federal Air Transport Agency, as a response to the ban on the part of the EU member states on the operation of flights of Russian aircraft, closed the sky for airlines of 36 states.
Later, this ban was introduced in relation to several more countries.