The Russians will fly directly to 22 countries, including 8 former republics of USSR

"The Kremlin has published a list of 22 countries with which Russia currently has direct air links. There is no European country on the list, apart from Turkey, which lies on two continents. There are also no countries in North America, continental Africa, or the Antipodes. There is one country in South America. and one Central American, and eight former Soviet republics. The presence of Israel on the list is surprising.

“There are direct flights from Russia to 22 countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, Israel, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Laos, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Seychelles, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka,” a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) explained for the RIA Novosti agency. Both passenger and cargo planes fly to these countries.

Russian airlines currently fly to a limited number of foreign airports due to sanctions by Western countries. The EU has banned the supply of civil aircraft and spare parts to Russia, and has obliged lessors to terminate contracts with Russian airlines. Aircraft maintenance and insurance services were also banned. The European Union, the United States, Canada and many other countries have closed the skies to Russian aircraft.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has recommended that Russian airlines whose aircraft are on foreign registers suspend international flights in order to avoid arrest or detention of a foreign-registered aircraft owned by foreign lessors.

On the Kremlin's order, planes leased by Russian airlines, i.e. about 80 percent of of the Russian air fleet, were entered into the Russian register, i.e. de facto appropriated.

Indian carrier Air India has garnered nothing but praise in recent weeks. After the line was taken over by the TATA conglomerate, the quality of services improved significantly. And the owner just introduced new regulations. The point is that the line under the new management will change completely.

Many countries do not want to accept machines from Russian lines for fear of failure, lack of spare parts and required inspections. The Russians have already dismantled several Boeings and Airbuses. For example, Turkey warned Moscow that it could close its airports to machines without the required certificates and inspections.

From November 1, all Russian airlines switched to domestic reservation systems - Leonardo (developed by Russian companies Sirena and Rostech) or TAIS (developed by ORS)."