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Eznis Airways Accused Of Transporting Military Supplies to Russia www.aviationsourcenews.com
LONDON – Ulaanbaatar-based carrier Eznis Airways has been accused of transporting military supplies to Russia.
The Accusation…
A “concerned aviation worker” has approached AviationSource on condition of anonymity and has said that one of Eznis’ Airbus A330 aircraft has been grounded because of this.
“I have critical news regarding Eznis Airways and their newly acquired Airbus A330-200 Freighter, registration JU-1332”.
“The aircraft is currently grounded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with a shipment of military supplies from China, final destination Russia.”
“The aircraft is loaded with 50 tons of military apparel and equipment headed for Russia.”
“The insurance provider has started an investigation into this matter and found out that a large shipment of military goods has been brought from China.”
“Eznis Airways is directly assisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
About JU-1332…
JU-1332 has not been in the Eznis Airways fleet for very long. The aircraft started out life as C-GGWC with Canada 3000 Airlines in May 1999.
By February 2002, the aircraft was handed over to Precision Aviation Consulting and Training Inc as F-WQQL.
Later on in that year, the jet was handed over to Volare Airlines, where it remained with the carrier until November 2004, with ILFC taking control of the leased jet as EI-DIR.
By February 2005, the aircraft was sent over to Etihad Airways as A6-EYV. The aircraft remained in the fleet until May 2008, when it was subsequently handed over to Air One and then to Alitalia by January 2009.
EI-DIR was ferried over to Ulaanbaatar on November 4-5 for Eznis as JU-1332, with the aircraft entering service on November 9.
Has The Aircraft Been Grounded?
The last flight that the aircraft did was from Beijing on November 30, with the flight losing ADS-B signal over Erenhot, China.
It could be suggested that if the aircraft were indeed headed to a Russian base of sorts, then the Russian Government probably would make sure that transponder signals are blocked.
All other flights that this aircraft has operated have been from Seoul only before this sudden change over to Beijing.
This would be a well-used strategy in preventing knowledge of hidden bases within the region.
On the other hand, we do know that the ADS-B signal strength around Mongolia and Russia is virtually non-existent, which could enable governments to contract flights like this.
No other flights have been operated with this airframe since November 30, which does back up the idea that the jet is grounded in Ulaanbaatar.
AviationSource has approached ILFC, AerCap, and Eznis Airways on this particular issue, but at the time of publication, neither party has responded.
Overall…
In the context of the Ukraine invasion, this is a controversial thing for carriers like Eznis Airways to do and would show where their loyalties lie.
All eyes will be on that particular A330 to see when it will be ungrounded and whether it will operate such flights into Russia again.
Published Date:2022-12-15
