Russia, and the former Soviet republics surrounding it, remains a massive land of opportunity for business aviation. At the same time, for Westerners at least, much of this opportunity seems to remain blocked by a web of mystifying and frustrating bureaucracy that can make it practically impossible to operate business aircraft cost-effectively.
This situation is getting better and is set to improve further, Leonid Koshelev, chairman of the Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA), told the EBAA Forum in Vienna in January. He explained that the root cause of many frustrations over things such as lengthy delays importing spare parts has been the fact that Russiaπs customs regulations have been fundamentally at odds with those in the West. Through Russiaπs connection to neighboring states such as Belarus and Kazakhstan these issues have been even more widespread.
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