Aeroflot aircraft. File photoMOSCOW, June 3The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Janita Abeivikrema Liyanaga, who was strongly protested because of the detention of the Aeroflot aircraft at the Bandaranaike airport, the ministry said. on traditionally friendly bilateral relations,» the ministry said. Flight SU289 was supposed to take off from Colombo the previous morning at 10:20 a.m. and land in Moscow at 19:35 p.m., but a local court banned the aircraft from leaving Sri Lanka «after considering a complaint filed by Celestial Aviation Trading Limited in Ireland.» A court hearing on the removal of the arrest is scheduled for June 8. After the incident, Aeroflot stopped selling tickets to Sri Lanka. The Federal Air Transport Agency, in turn, is working to resolve this issue. countries in connection with a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine have imposed tough anti-Russian sanctions. In particular, the EU banned the supply of civil aircraft and spare parts to Russia, and obliged lessors to terminate contracts with Russian airlines. Aircraft maintenance and insurance services were also banned, and the European Union, the United States, Canada and a number of other countries closed the skies for Russian aircraft. Rosaviatsia recommended that Russian airlines with aircraft in foreign registries suspend international flights in order to avoid the arrest or detention of aircraft registered abroad and owned by foreign lessors. Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev reported in March that 78 aircraft of Russian airlines were arrested abroad.
