August 2016
A subsidiary of the Engineering Holding expands its experience in maintaining cargo aircraft [...]
UTair Group cuts losses by nearly two-thirds
Russia's fourth largest airline's efforts to improve its financial and operational performance, are proving efficient [...]
Uzbekistan Airways becomes latest Dreamliner’s operator
Delivery of the Boeing 787 is a historic milestone for Uzbekistan's national carrier [...]
Aeroflot adds ten aircraft to its fleet in August
With addition of another Airbus A321, the tenth new narrow-body aircraft in August, Aeroflot’s fleet grew to a total of 182 jets [...]
Azerbaijan’s Silk Way receives Boeing 747-8 Freighter
The brand new aircraft will be operated on routes to the US [...]
Antonov An-178 completes loading trials
The trials are the first demonstrations of the An-178’s cargo loading capability using a real aircraft [...]
Russian air travel market decline slows in July
The total number of passengers carried on Russian airlines in July decreased by 10.3% year-on-year, to 10.107 million [...]
7 days are left before the main event in business aviation industry
Business aviation forum will take place on September 7 at Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, on the eve of the largest Eastern Europe business aviation exhibition JetExpo. [...]
Russian carriers allowed to resume charter flights to Turkey
The ban on charter flights to Turkey, in force since November last year, has been lifted [...]
Aeroflot expands fleet with new Airbus A321
The aircraft is named in honour of Andrey Tarkovsky, one of the greatest film directors of the 20th century. [...]
Aeroflot announces 1H 2016 IFRS financial results
Aeroflot Group today publishes its condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2016, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. [...]
Aeroflot announces results of board of directors meeting
PJSC Aeroflot announces the results of a special Board of Directors meeting held in absentia on 25 August 2016 [...]
Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Co gets first A320
In a move to eventually switch to an all-Airbus A320 fleet the private Kyrgyz carrier took delivery of its first aircraft of the type [...]
VD Gulf expands its customer base
Volga-Dnepr Group's UAE-based maintenance subsidiary has recently added three customers - CargoLogic Air, Iraqi Airways and UTair [...]
Russia’s VIM-Avia receives fourth Boeing 777
VIM-avia has managed to sharply increase its passenger numbers due to the airline's recent acquisition of wide-body aircraft [...]
Aeroflot adds two new A321s
The newest addition, two A321s were leased through Chinese ICBC Leasing [...]
Belavia and Yamal to start flights to Zhukovsky Airport
New airport near Moscow finally attracts first local and foreign airlines. [...]
Aeroflot expands fleet with two new Airbus A321s
Aeroflot has taken delivery of two new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. All A321 aircraft are named in honour of outstanding Russian people who [...]
Aeroflot’s domestic traffic growth slows
International traffic continues to grow at a sound rate of over 10% [...]
VIM-Avia demonstrates double-digit traffic growth
The Russian carrier served over 300,000 passengers in the last two months, a 54% increase YOY, due to introduction of wide-body aircraft [...]
Aeroflot passenger traffic up 11% in 7M 2016
Aeroflot PJSC today announces traffic statistics for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines for July and the first seven months of 2016. [...]
S7 Group continues rapid growth
In July traffic of the carriers that make up the S7 Airlines Group increased 29.5% YOY, reaching 1.525 million passengers [...]
Russian authorities demand to stiffen security at Egyptian airports
To guarantee safety of Russian tourists in Egypt, FATA demands that Egyptian airports monitor movements of their staff around the airfield [...]
Airports on Sakhalin and Kuril Islands to merge
Seven airports' assets will be consolidated under Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport by November [...]
Russia’s Azur Air receives sixth Boeing 767
The Boeing 767-300 with tail number VP-BUV was formerly operate by Transaero [...]
Lao Central SSJ100 returned to Russia
SCAC reclaimed its Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional aircraft from Laos after its operator, Lao Central, went out of business [...]
Sheremetyevo’s traffic continues to increase
Russia's largest airport continues to increase its passenger traffic, despite a general decrease at the other airports in Moscow [...]
MC-21 will be certified by FATA not IAC
Russia’s new generation narrow-body will be the first airplane to be fully certificated by Russia’s own authority, not the Interstate Aviation Committee [...]
Komsomolsk-on-Amur airport gets a new owner
St. Petersbug-based EWN Real Estate plans to revitilize the airport, which is currently not in operation and relaunch air service in the Far Eastern region [...]
Interjet’s damaged SSJ 100 takes over a year to return to operation
The aircraft’s nose was severely damaged when it hit an airbridge at Mexico International Airport last October [...]
Ground Handling Russia & CIS: registration opens for the 7th International Conference & Exhibition!
Now in its 7th year, the event has gained global recognition for providing ultimate advantages and first-class expertise for airports, airlines, GSE suppliers and service providers with its deep insight into ground handling market and industry trends in the region. [...]
UVT-Aero pulls off profit in 2016
The new airline of Tatarstan replaces the defunct Ak Bars Aero, and aims at becoming the main carrier in the Volga Region [...]
Boryspil to expand transit capacity
At the end of the first six months of 2016 the number of transit passengers traveling through Kyiv’s main airport doubled [...]
Sukhoi Superjet 100 receives EASA narrow-runway approval
EASA certifies Sukhoi Superjet 100 for narrow runway operation; steep approach approval pending [...]
INSIGHT: Russian air transport faces crisis once again
An in-depth analysis on how the current economic recession is reshaping the Russian air transport market that is starting to resemble the Soviet times [...]
Kyrgyzstan’s airlines lose to foreign carriers
While the total traffic through Kyrgyzstan decreases, foreign carriers grow their share of the local market [...]
Belavia unveils new brand identity
The rebranding was offered by Boeing as an option for the purchase of three new 737-800s [...]
Kazakh airlines increase passenger traffic by 4%
The country's carriers served 2.7 million passengers; Air Astana saw its market share shrink as Qazaq Air unravels operations in the region [...]
MC-21 fuselage delivered to TsAGI for testing
The second prototype of the MC-21-300 will undergo pressurization and structural testing [...]
UTair reveals fleet renewal plans
After a radical capacity reduction as a means to save the airline from bankruptcy, UTair is considering new aircraft once again [...]
S7 Airlines considers ordering 20 Embraer jets
The E-Jets may become S7's second largest order after the order for three A320neos signed in April [...]
Aeroflot takes delivery of brand new A320
Aeroflot has taken delivery of its new A320 aircraft fitted with state-of-the-art aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. The aircraft has been named in honour of Abram [...]
Aeroflot receives Boeing 737 and Airbus A320
Russia's flagship carrier is steadily refreshing its fleet with factory-new aircraft, six in two weeks [...]
VASO to build a passenger Il-96-400M prototype by 2019
The stretched, upgraded and more powerful version of the original four-engine long-haul Il-96 airliner currently exists as a cargo version only [...]
Ural Airlines traffic increases 17% in July
As all major Russian carriers, Ural Airlines observes traffic growth against the general backdrop on the Russian market [...]
Boeing Shangai wins VIM-Avia’s 777 maintenance contract
One of VIM-avia’s Boeing 777s is currently undergoing a C-check in China [...]
Brand new B737-800 M.Vrubel joins Aeroflot fleet
Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new B737-800 aircraft made by Boeing. The plane is named in honour of Mikhail Vrubel, an outstanding Russian painter. Aeroflot’s [...]
Aeroflot expands fleet with four new Airbus A321s
Aeroflot has taken delivery of four new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. All A321 aircraft are named in honour of outstanding Russian people who [...]
New passenger terminal operational at Volgograd airport
Construction of the new terminal was completed in advance of the 2018 FIFA World Cup [...]
Ukrainian air passenger traffic reaches pre-crisis levels
Seven airlines served 96% of the cumulative 4.267 million passengers carried in the first six months of 2016 [...]