Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will soon face a shortage of spare parts for its Boeing and Airbus aircraft due to sanctions..

Bloomberg writes about this, citing IBA experts..

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In the official part of a surreal board meeting, they discussed the budget for the flagship Russian carrier without mentioning war or any risks it could create,"

According to one of the interlocutors, on the sidelines, some Aeroflot executives found nothing but swear words to describe the airline's prospects..

Within a few weeks, top managers of the company, the head of the low-cost flights division and the head of the strategy division will resign, the newspaper recalls..

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Now he faces a future similar to his Soviet past: because of the sanctions, his Boeing Co.. and Airbus SE are cut off from parts and service, it is shifting focus to domestic routes and locally built aircraft..

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The press service of Aeroflot did not respond to a request to comment on the board meeting or the company's prospects..

The vast majority of Aeroflot's more than 350 aircraft are either Airbus or Boeing models, and the company is facing a shortage of parts, Bloomberg highlights..

In order to keep its fleet up and running, Aeroflot will have to start dismantling some of its aircraft for parts in three months, according to IBA, an aviation business intelligence firm..

It will not be possible to replace Boeing and Airbus products with Russian aircraft at least in the near future.

It is also emphasized that due to the sanctions, Aeroflot not only lost access to spare parts for its aircraft, but was also forced to drastically reduce its foreign route network..

By the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aeroflot was flying to 56 countries, and by mid-May it was flying to only 13. Airline passenger traffic plummeted, writes Bloomberg.

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