Obiukh intends to lodge an appeal with Russia’s Supreme Court against some of the Federal transportation rules pertaining to disabled passengers.

According to the Press Service of the Forensic Department of Tula Region, S7 were satisfied with the Court’s decision, whereas the defendant intends to press the matter further.

Pavel Obiukh is a coordinator of educational programmes at the regional non-governmental organisation of people with disabilities, Perspektiva. He was due to fly for a business trip to the Central Russian city of Kazan on February 18, but was refused entry on the S7 flight.

He insisted he had notified the airline of his condition beforehand but claimed S7 staff simply ignored it. It’s reported that airline staff at the time referred to S7’s internal code on flying passengers with disabilities.

Eventually, Obiukh was forced to buy a ticket for a Tatarstan Airlines’ flight.

Obiukh, who has limited vision, said the incident was a violation of his rights. After having attempted and failed to settle the row directly with the airline, he filed a case against S7.

The Prosecutor General's Office demanded in March that the airline’s director-general “call to account those responsible”.

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation announced it was going to demand that the Ministry of Transport make appropriate changes to civilian transportation rules to prevent similar cases in the future.

S7 recently lost a similar case involving a disabled woman who was also turned away from boarding.