Gazpromneft Aero will stop working in Crimea in September

Since September 16, a large Russian air fuel supplier company will stop working at Simferopol Airport, RBC reports with reference to the general director of one of the airlines flying to Crimea.

The source told reporters that Gazpromneft-Aero found the supply of aircraft fuel to Simferopol Airport economically inappropriate, but the general director of one of the airlines flying to the capital of Crimea is sure that the fuel supplier fears to work in Crimea due to possible Western sanctions.

There really is reason to fear, the agency notes. So, in early August, the European Union imposed sanctions on the “daughter” of Aeroflot “Dobrolet Airline” just for flying to Simferopol.

As a result, the air carrier was forced to stop his activities, since European counterparties broke off the contracts for leasing air and their maintenance and insurance. Moreover, Gazprombank belonging to Gazprom, owned by Gazprom, has already fallen under the sanctions.

After the Gazpromneft-Aero departure, Rosneft may take its place, which already provides 86% of air fuel sales at the Simferopol Airport through the subsidiary of RN-Aero. The departure of the competitor and the possible reasons for this is the representative of Rosneft does not comment. The representative of Lukoil told the agency that the company did not work at the Crimean airport.

The company "Gazpromneft-Aero", the operator of the Avia fuel business Gazpromneft, has been operating since 2008. The supply of aircraft fuel to the Crimea began a few months ago. The company has its own sales network with 37 fuel complexes, and refuels aircraft in 44 Russian and 125 foreign airports.

According to a source close to a company operating at the Simferopol airport, Gazpromneft Aero served the Airlines Red Wings, Saratov Airlines and Bylina.

The maternal Gazpromneft supplies oil and oil products to European countries, and also has a gas station network in the Balkans and in a number of Eastern European countries.