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• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
Georgia will comply with U.S. sanctions against Iranian carriers, aligning its aviation and air-transport activities with Washington’s restrictions. The move highlights how sanctions and geopolitical tensions can shape carrier access, operating permissions and commercial relationships beyond the jurisdictions that impose them.
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Georgia will comply with U.S. sanctions against Iranian carriers, aligning its aviation and air-transport activities with Washington’s restrictions. The move highlights how sanctions and geopolitical tensions can shape carrier access, operating permissions and commercial relationships beyond the jurisdictions that impose them.
The U.S. Treasury has imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting Iran’s airlines, aircraft networks and international service providers, extending pressure beyond Tehran as Washington seeks to isolate Iran from the global economy and constrain the sector’s overseas connectivity.
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Iranian airlines continue operating Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 777s despite sanctions that restrict direct access to aircraft parts and support. The supply chains enabling those aircraft to remain airworthy illustrate how legacy parts networks, intermediaries and maintenance practices can sustain sanctioned fleets long after acquisition.
easyJet is preparing to defend a $72 million High Court claim brought by liquidators of STLC Europe Eight Leasing, the insolvent Irish arm of Russia’s state-owned GTLK. The dispute concerns six A319-100s whose leases easyJet terminated in 2022 after the lessor was placed under EU sanctions.
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The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines under Executive Order 13902, alongside 36 third-party enablers. The designations mark Washington’s first action against Iranian carriers since determining on Aug. 24, 2026, that Iran’s aviation sector was subject to sanctions.
An Irish unit of Russian state-owned aircraft lessor GTLK is suing easyJet for at least $72 million, alleging the British airline unlawfully abandoned six Airbus aircraft after terminating their leases in response to sanctions, the Financial Times reported. The case highlights the legal and financial exposure surrounding sanctioned aircraft assets.
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The Treasury Department has sanctioned dozens of Iranian commercial and private airlines, along with foreign cargo service providers and other companies supporting the country’s aviation sector. The measures expand Washington’s effort to isolate Tehran and increase pressure for negotiations as the Middle East conflict enters its seventh month.
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President Donald Trump said Bombardier should be barred from selling aircraft in the United States unless the Canadian business-jet maker establishes production there. The threat came as Canada prepared retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. goods, raising questions about the scope and practicality of any sales ban.
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