Russia says China refuses to supply aircraft parts after sanctions

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

March 10 (Reuters) - China has refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft parts, an official at Russia's aviation authority was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Thursday, after Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) halted supply of components.

Russia's aviation sector is being squeezed by Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, with Russia's foreign ministry warning this week that the safety of Russian passenger flights was under threat.

Agencies including Interfax quoted Valery Kudinov, a Rosaviatsia official responsible for maintaining airplane airworthiness, as saying that Russia would look for opportunities to source parts from countries including Turkey and India after a failed attempt to obtain them from China.

He also said Russian companies were registering their planes, many of which had been registered abroad, in Russia after the U.S. and European Union sanctions on aviation and that he expects some others to be returned to leasing companies.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-says-china-refuses-supply-aircraft-parts-after-sanctions-2022-03-10/

[Evolve Dammit]

1. China is playing both sides at the moment.

[The Mouth]

3. They are pretty damned good at doing so, too.

It's kind of like they have a few thousand years of experience at this.

The only thing China cares about is maximizing the benefit to them and the hurt to either the United States or Russia, or ideally both.

The fact they are smelling Russian blood in the water is interesting; they may be our real existential enemy, but they are not fools.

[Warpy]

2. Holy shit

I didn't expect this from Xi.

Maybe he's annoyed that Putin has pissed in China's punch bowl, too, and any plans to overrun Taiwan need to be put on indefinite hold.

[BootinUp]

4. They should probably start building These

Early Bird Jenny

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Bird_Jenny#:~:text=Jenny%20%20%20%20Role%20%20%20,%20Dennis%20Wiley%20%203%20more%20rows%20

[BlueIdaho]

5. I expect that to happen with all the leased aircraft

Russia has hijacked as well. This is a good sign from Xi.

[ck4829]

6. Kick