Russia asks Vietnam for planes as illegally re-registered Western fleet falls apart
- Russia has asked Vietnam to lease its passenger jets complete with crews and maintenance, as the fleet it seized from Western lessors in 2022 deteriorates and nearly a fifth of the country's largest airlines' planes sit grounded.
- Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin said Moscow had proposed that Vietnamese carriers transfer aircraft to Russian airlines under wet lease — an arrangement that covers jets, crew, maintenance and insurance — and that Hanoi was studying the proposal.
- Vietnam's main carrier exclusively operates Airbus and Boeing aircraft, meaning any transfer to Russia would involve West
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- Russia has asked Vietnam to lease its passenger jets complete with crews and maintenance, as the fleet it seized from Western lessors in 2022 deteriorates and nearly a fifth of the country's largest airlines' planes sit grounded.
- Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin said Moscow had proposed that Vietnamese carriers transfer aircraft to Russian airlines under wet lease — an arrangement that covers jets, crew, maintenance and insurance — and that Hanoi was studying the proposal.
- Vietnam's main carrier exclusively operates Airbus and Boeing aircraft, meaning any transfer to Russia would involve West
Sources: Euronews