Yakutia Airlines was banned from flying abroad. Two weeks ago her plane skidded off the runway at the airport

The Federal Air Transport Agency has banned the international flights of the Yakutia airline due to violations identified in its activities.

As the representative of the department explained to Interfax, the restrictions will be in effect from November 5 until the violations are eliminated.

He also recalled that the problems with maintaining the airworthiness of the aircraft became the reasons for the long and numerous delays of Yakutia flights, in September they reached almost 20%. Until next year, the company has sold a little more than 450 tickets for regular international destinations, all the money will be returned to passengers.

Interfax

• On October 10, four people were injured when a Sukhoi Superjet skidded off the runway at Yakutsk Airport. After that, the general director of the airline resigned , and the Federal Air Transport Agency threatened the company with restricting the air operator's certificate.
• Yakutia is the 18th Russian airline in terms of the number of passengers carried. In the first eight months of 2018, it transported 588,000 people.