BIS Renews Denial Orders for 3 Russian Airlines for 1 Year

The Bureau of Industry and Security again renewed temporary denial orders for three Russian airlines accused of violating U.S. export controls against Russia. BIS first suspended the export privileges of Aeroflot, Azur Air and UTair in April 2022, barring the airlines from participating in transactions with items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (see 2204070010), and renewed their denial orders for 180 days from October (see 2210040008) and again from March (see 2303300013). BIS said all three airlines continue to "act in blatant disregard for U.S. export controls" by continuing to operate aircraft subject to the EAR. The orders include a table of recent flights operated by each airline.

The orders were renewed for one year from Sept. 23. The agency in August announced a change to allow it to renew the orders for one year instead of the previous maximum of 180 days (see 2308290029).