Charter & Fractional
Russia in the wrong, but points finger West
The Russian United Business Aviation Association is well aware of illegal charter flying in the country and is deeply concerned about it, according to the

The Russian United Business Aviation Association is well aware of illegal charter flying in the country and is deeply concerned about it, according to the group’s vice president, Eugeny Bakhtin. He told AIN the association is urging authorities to adopt Western standards to iron out legal anomalies that allow the so-called gray market to thrive there.

But while acknowledging Russian failings, Bakhtin accused supposedly respectable Western charter operators of hypocrisy in “dropping their noble principles” when it comes to flying customers into and within Russia. He alleged that both Russian and Western operators are prepared to operate outside the rules temporarily to get a job done.

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