Russia’s iFly launches flights from Zhukovsky
One of Russia’s fastest growing airlines has launched services to China from Europe’s fastest-growing airport [...]
Air Transport
S7 Airlines’ domestic traffic growth continues to slow down
The international segment of Russia’s largest private carrier climbs at a double-digit rate [...]
LCC Pobeda’s net profits decreased by 43 per cent in 2018
Russia’s only low-cost carrier saw 2018 profits plummet, despite a 75 per cent revenue increase [...]
Lithuania’s GetJet Airlines handed extra lift by GECAS
The US lessor has agreed to lease three A320s to the ACMI and charter carrier [...]
Russia’s airlines collectively suffered 50 billion roubles losses last year
Dramatic fuel cost increases, overcapacity and low prices affected the industry’s profitability [...]
airBaltic to phase out its Boeing 737 fleet this year
Over-capacity has compelled the Latvian airline to end its B737CL operations a year ahead of schedule [...]
Pulkovo is first Russian airport to launch ‘virtual interline’ transfer connector
The St Petersburg airport is to develop its transfer business in partnership with a specialist on-line travel agency [...]
Azimuth Airlines to receive its ninth Superjet 100 in March
Russian regional carrier has signed a leasing contract with GTLK for one more Russian-made jet [...]
Yakutia Airlines receives another injection from the regional budget
The Russian carrier is hopeful of resuming international services before the end of the first quarter [...]
Moscow’s Vnukovo demonstrated 11.6% traffic growth in January
LCC Pobeda is now the largest carrier at Russia’s third busiest airport [...]
Russian companies to create a Superjet 100 corporate charter airline
Alexander Lebedev, owner of The Independent newspaper, has lined up partners for the project [...]
New brand and fleet reinvention takes off for Russia’s Nordavia
The Russian regional airline expects to double its traffic levels from last year [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana net profit down 86% in 2018
Unaudited figures show higher revenues and soaring fuel costs in the period [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines hopes to double its traffic in 2019
The world’s sole all-Superjet airline is targeting 1.2 million passengers, to bring in more SSJ100s [...]
Embraer to provide components back up for Air Astana’s E-190-E2 fleet
Kazakhstan’s largest carrier signs up to the E2 components pool programme [...]
Russia’s Utair to present a new financial model this month
Managers at the financially stricken carrier are buoyed by current traffic trends [...]
Two Boeing 737 MAX 9s for Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines in May
Traffic growth has inspired private airline to order the type, which is new to the CIS market [...]
S7 Technics’ aircraft interiors adopts new technology
Russian company’s interior repairs and sewing services’ output increased by 30 per cent last year [...]
Low-cost Pobeda rises to third largest Russian airline for the first time
The combined traffic of Russia’s airlines was up by 8.8 per cent in January [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines reports results of first year of operations
Start-up hybrid airline carried 441,600 passengers in seven months of 2018 [...]
Financially stricken Utair stands by its fleet expansion strategy
Siberian airline remains in dire straits as it plans a further restructuring [...]
Ukraine’s flag carrier places financial stability ahead of fleet expansion
Ukraine International will concentrate on fleet renewals and launch just one new connection [...]
Kazakh’s air travel market growth slows
The central Asian country is now banking on its international transit potential [...]
Lithuania’s GetJet takes delivery of its first widebody
ACMI and charter carrier introduces the first Airbus A330 to the Baltic States [...]
EASA bars Turkmenistan Airlines flights from entering the EU
The European agency has suspended authorisation on safety grounds [...]
Zhukovsky airport expects slower growth this year after spectacular 2018
Russia’s fastest growing airport serving Moscow continues to develop its infrastructure [...]
Russian airports pass historic 200 million passengers milestone
Almost half of them travelled through Moscow’s three airports [...]
Aeroflot’s 2018 profits slump by 90 per cent after soaring fuel prices
Russian flag carrier blames its deteriorating financial performance on rocketing fuel costs, stiffening competition [...]
Volga-Dnepr Gulf wins maintenance approval for Boeing 777s
The Russian cargo airline’s UAE-based MRO facility extends its scope of services [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport struggles to boost transfer traffic
Rossiya Airlines generated 87 per cent of the airport’s total number of transfer passengers last year [...]
Wizz Air grows its fleet in Georgia
Hungary’s budget airline to add third Airbus A320 to its west Georgia-based fleet to launch new routes [...]
Insight: Kyrgyzstan adopts controversial opens-skies policy
The move will further aggravate the situation for local carriers, but help the country maintain air connections with the rest of the world [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers projected to grow by 10% this year
The nation’s transport ministry believes the industry will beat its 2018 record of 116.2 million passengers [...]
Estonian company enters the Chinese aircraft cabin interiors market
MAC Aero Interiors launches a subsidiary in Sichuan [...]
flydubai to begin direct services to Uzbekistan
The Dubai-based carrier will operate to every country in Central Asia [...]
Russia’s Aurora Airlines reports a five per cent improvement
Aeroflot’s smallest subsidiary, which serves Russia’s far eastern regions, carried some 1.623 million passengers in 2018 [...]
Pobeda Airlines to expand its fleet by 50 per cent by the summer
Russia’s only low-cost carrier is targeting 10 million passengers in 2019 [...]
Start-up cargo airline CargoLogic Germany takes delivery of a Boeing 737F
The Volga-Dnepr-associated airline is hoping to launch operations from Leipzig/Halle during spring [...]
Magnetic MRO sets up a line maintenance station in Norway
Estonian maintenance specialist to add up to five more stations in 2019 [...]
LCC Pobeda threatens to cancel all international flights from St Petersburg
Customs’ inspections of sealed galleys causes delayed aircraft turnaround times [...]
Sberbank and VTB have no plans to own Russia’s new regional start-up airline
The heads of Russia’s major banks outline their investment concept regarding their participation in the government-inspired project [...]
Air Serbia to restore air connections between Belgrade and Kyiv
Serbian flag carrier is also launching services to Krasnodar in Russia [...]
Russia’s Azur Air improved its operational results by 13.9 per cent in 2018
Russian biggest charter airline carried close to 4.3 million passengers last year [...]
Yakutia Airlines adds a Boeing 737-700 to its fleet
Russian regional airline has also announced plans for more of the type [...]
Aigle Azur of France expands in Russia and is to launch flights to Ukraine
French airline initiates services from Marseilles to Moscow and from Paris to Kyiv [...]
Qatar Airways freighter gives Kazakhstan significant new import capacity
The Doha-based airline has begun B777F operations to its new destination of Almaty [...]
MRO Russia & CIS is the leading professional gathering in the region
More than 1,200 professionals are expected to attend the 14th conference and exhibition in Moscow [...]
A second B737-900 enters service for Russia’s Azur Air
Russian leisure airline has started operating its second aircraft of the type [...]
Ukraine International retained double-digit growth in 2018
Ukrainian flag carrier maintained its dominant position with a market share of 64 per cent [...]
airBaltic served a record number of passengers in 2018 after another double-digit improvement
The Latvian hybrid airline carried some 4.1 million passengers last year [...]