PARIS: Aeroflot cancels Boeing 787 order

Translation: We can't pay for them...

They finally figured out that they have no passengers on long thin routes. Any given day more people want to go to Timbuktu than Moscow.

Putin's aggression into the affairs of former Soviet Republics will only increase sanctions against Russia, and many see increased sanctions that will cripple their ability to trade internationally.

Boeing will have no problem selling the planes to those who can make money with them. I would venture engineers are relieved that they will not have to support planes in Moscow. I remember a raffle where the top prize was one week in Moscow, and second prize was two weeks in Moscow.

I'm kinda like the other post down here. Don't Airlines usually order at Air Shows? Maybe Putin wanted to make a point.

They will probably make for the 787s by building more IL96 ;-)

Sanctions go both ways :(

Don't airlines usually ORDER planes at the Paris Air Show and cancel them in private?

I guess they want to continue the Russian tradition of using the least fuel efficient aircraft possible. The A350's is a far better fit for them to carry on this tradition than the 787!!!

That's what I'm thinking. The Russian/Us relationship is steadily heading down the toilet. So this last week the U.S. Says it may send heaven weapons to Poland, etc. the 787 cancelation is purely political.

Or is it ole Putt-putt having another anti-western fit?

I guess they will wait for the Russian 787ski