After claiming that it will no longer import Russian oil, the UK has imposed another aviation sanctions on Russia. Not only will it no longer export aerospace products to Russia, it will also strengthen the ban on Russian aircraft and criminalize Russian aircraft flying or landing in the UK.
The British Foreign Office said in a statement: "This ban includes any aircraft owned, operated or chartered by individuals or entities related to Russia or designated individuals or entities, and will include aircraft owned by any individuals related to Russia."
The UK can be said to have completely broken up with Russia. This aviation ban seriously hit Russia's civil aviation industry, because more than 75% of Russia's passenger and cargo planes are manufactured by Western Airlines, and most of the aircraft used by Russian civil aviation are rented from Western companies. Once such a close relationship is cut off, both sides will inevitably be hurt.
Russian civil aviation is in a trough, and Western companies themselves cut off a big business. Where should they find customers with such a huge demand? It is conceivable that without government support, the economic situation of these companies will plummet.
Before this, the relationship between Britain and Russia was already very tense due to mutual air bans. Britain took the lead in closing airspace to Russia, and Russia quickly countered this.
But Britain's actions undoubtedly dug a huge pit for itself. In order to bypass Russian airspace, British Airways will take nearly 7 hours to fly from London to Japan.
You should know that Russia ranks first in the world in terms of land area, while Britain's area is less than a fraction of Russia's. To avoid such a huge territory in Russia, the economic losses behind this may be the UK to swallow it.
After the United States announced sanctions against Russia, EU , the United Kingdom, Japan and others followed closely to impose sanctions on Russia. I will not mention whether these sanctions can hit Russia's pain points. I will not get any benefits. After all, the role of force is mutual.
Moreover, Russia is also the world's largest exporter of natural gas . Even member states in the EU, which have always been united, have had differences over the cutting off Russian energy. Many countries have made it clear that it is impossible to ban it immediately at the moment.
Russia supplies 40% of the EU's energy, and even Germany directly announced to the outside world that it would not stop importing Russian energy. After all, who can withstand the price of natural gas that has soared 10 times soaring?
And European people are burdened with the increased cost of living due to the rising energy prices, who can stand up to bear this responsibility?
Airlines in some European countries have cancelled flights to East Asian countries due to the "flight ban". The person in charge of , a Finnish airline, said that avoiding Russian territorial flights will be inevitable to the operation of the aircraft and will also reduce its competitiveness with other airlines.
