After Aeroflot sent its aircraft to Iran for a major check , now another Russian carrier Azur Air stated that the company is having some of its planes’ engines being serviced in Iran.
This was announced to reporters by the airline's Deputy General Director for Production Andrey Mukanin. However, Mukanin declined to specify the number of engines being repaired or nature of job done by Iran ,
"We carry out all types of aircraft maintenance ourselves, <... >Iran is helping us in terms of repairing our engines. They're there. I will not name the number of engines that are under repair. "
Andrey Mukanin further added that,
"this does not affect the planned flight program, regularity and safety"
Certainly, Western sanctions have forced Russian airlines to seek alternative sources for aircraft maintenance and parts due to restrictions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Russian airlines continue to operate Western aircraft , but face challenges in importing replacement parts of their Airbus and Boeing Fleet.
Both Iran and Russia, to bypass Western sanctions, have significantly strengthened their relations across various sectors, notably in military and defense cooperation, now solidifying their status as partners.
However, if one sees some of the incidents from the past, unsafe flights in Russian Aviation is in an upward trend. In an incident from February 4, 2023 , an Azur Air B767-306ER aircraft (VQ-BSX, Forced Registration RA-73034) suffered engine surge while on take-off in Phuket (HKT).
In April 2023, Aeroflot sent an Airbus A330 aircraft to Iran for maintenance. Reinforcing the faith on Iran, Aeroflot CEO Sergei Aleksandrovsky explained in the summary that such repairs were mostly not necessary, but were needed to assess the level of work of Iranian colleagues. All work was carried out under the supervision of Aeroflot engineers.The aircraft was sent for a standard C-check repair.
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