Under the new law, Russian owned or chartered planes can be detained and Russian-owned aircraft registered in the UK can have their licences cancelled.
Highlights
- Transport Secretary Grant Shapps sent a letter to all UK airports and airfields on Tuesday.
- Air traffic control now has the power to tell pilots not to enter UK airspace.
- New powers will also allow the government to remove aircraft belonging to designated Russian individuals and entities from the UK aircraft register.
- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also announced a ban on the export of aviation and space-related goods and technology and on UK companies providing insurance and re-insurance services in relation to these.
- Under the new law, Russian-owned aircraft registered in the UK can be detained and Russian chartered planes have been removed from the register.
- UK can also terminate an aircraft registered by a Russian person or company.