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Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines are banned from selling their
slots at airports like London Heathrow if they so choose. The decision was
made by the British government as part of a new sanctions package against
Russia. The slots are worth roughly 59 million euros.
 
Slots are scarce at busy UK airports. Take-off and landing rights can be
traded freely, which also happens occasionally.
 
Because of the war in Ukraine, Russian airlines have been banned from British
airspace. However, the unused slots cannot be sold, it has now been determined.
 
"As long as Vladimir Putin continues his barbaric attack on Ukraine, we will
continue to target the Russian economy," said Foreign Minister Liz Truss.

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