Russia’s air travel market hits bottom in April
Last month turns out the worst for the country’s airlines so far this year [...]
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Ukraine International Airlines to resume flight operations in mid-June
Initially, the flag carrier intends to operate 14 aircraft on selected medium-haul international point-to-point flights [...]
Russian government ready to invest US$422 million in new far eastern airline
This huge amount is higher than the total funds that have been set aside as a bailout measure for the nation’s entire Coronavirus crisis-plagued airline industry [...]
Air Astana launches a dedicated airfreight division
Air Astana Cargo to operate a fleet of three partly converted Boeing 767-300s [...]
Russia’s airlines schedule a significant increase in flight numbers from June
The country’s carriers are counting on the domestic leisure tourism sector to get them off the ground [...]
Aeroflot ready to spin off its Aurora Airlines affiliate
The group is proposing to relinquish its share in the Russian far eastern subsidiary to the administration of Sakhalin [...]
Once again, Aeroflot defers the launch of its new Krasnoyarsk regional hub
Because of the pandemic, Russia’s flag carrier has delayed its first regional hub programme for another year [...]
Boeing’s forecast for Russia and central Asia aircraft demand is unchanged
The region will still need some 1,300 aircraft in the next two decades, insists Boeing’s representative for Russia and the CIS [...]
Russia’s Azur Air to launch its own third-party maintenance service provider
It could be the start of a powerful new player in the Russian MRO market [...]
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company sues SKOL for three billion roubles
The nation’s largest lessor is allegedly pursuing the rotorcraft operator for outstanding lease payments [...]
The financial burden is eased for Aeroflot Group member airlines
The allocation of initial state subsidies have been approved for all the group’s carriers, except for LCC Pobeda [...]
Uzbekistan Airways returns to the air
The Uzbeki flag carrier has re-launched services from Tashkent to three domestic destinations [...]
Red Wings instructed to acquire 60 Superjet 100s by 2024
The airline, which is owned by the producer of the Russian commercial jets, has been assigned to buy them [...]
Aeroflot asks president Putin to relax passenger quarantines in the regions
The mandatory 14-day quarantine period for passengers arriving from Moscow is undermining the recovery of air travel [...]
airBaltic to restart flights from all three Baltic capitals
The region’s largest carrier is to resume flights from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius on May 18 [...]
Russian government finally starts allocating subsidy funds to airlines
The US$315 million funds from the governmental reserve are being made through the national aviation authority Rosaviatsiya [...]
Russian airport reaches annual freight volume target in four months
At the same time, Krasnoyarsk, Aeroflot’s first would-be new regional hub, registered an 88 per cent decline in passenger traffic [...]
Russian airlines passenger numbers plummeted by 91.8 per cent in April
S7 Airlines outperformed flag carrier Aeroflot in the pandemic-stricken market [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda to resume flights on up to 73 routes
Russia’s only budget airline will be airborne again from June 1 [...]
18 airlines are reportedly ready to resume flights to Georgia
The Caucasus country is set to open up to international travellers from July 1 [...]
Kazakhstan’s major airlines resume flights to regional centres
The airlines do not restrict the use of the 'middle seat' or require a COVID-19-negative certificate [...]
Russian maintenance provider launches timely engine re-delivery product
S7 Technics is now specialising in the re-delivery of CFM56-3/-5B/-7B engines [...]
Latvia’s state shareholding in airBaltic to increase to 91 per cent
The Baltic region’s largest carrier secures equity investment to fight the crisis [...]
Russian government finally allocates bailout strategy for airlines
Having previously declared RUB23.4 billion in state support for the country’s air transport industry, businesses may now receive an additional RUB30 billion [...]
Captain of the crash-landed Superjet 100 gives first public interview, denies the charges
Russia’s prosecutor blames the pilot for the crash ahead of the publication of the Interstate Aviation Committee’s final investigation [...]
Kazakh low-cost carrier FlyArystan abandons ‘expensive’ Taraz services
The central Asian country’s only budget airline has suspended services to Taraz, an airport managed by a rival business [...]
Uzbekistan Airways shuts down ticket sales for domestic and international flights until June 30
The central Asian country has decided to extend the current air travel embargo [...]
Aeroflot suggests international services could resume in mid-summer
In an optimistic outlook, Russia’s largest carrier sees July as a possible slow re-start target for international flights [...]
MAC Aero Interiors launches the production of sanitising kits
The Estonian MRO subsidiary sees this as a contribution to the recovery of air-travel [...]
Latvia’s Riga airport prepares for the resumption of flights
The number of passengers passing through the Baltic’s largest hub by the end of the year could be 1.6 million instead of the planned eight million [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss reached US$215 million in the first quarter of 2020
Russia’s largest airline group is also predicting a significant degradation in its financial position in the second quarter [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp targets the air cargo business after the quarantine is over
The private leisure airline is turning to a new line of business [...]
LCC Wizz Air to set up another base in Ukraine
The Hungarian low-cost carrier is to stage another aircraft and launch seven new routes from the country in July [...]
Kazakhstan to cautiously re-launch its air transport industry
The country’s domestic air travel market has been in full lockdown for more than a month [...]
Aeroflot to increase its domestic flights in May
Russia’s flag carrier operated fewer domestic flights in April than its private rival S7 Airlines [...]
S7 Technics gains EASA Part-21 G approval for aircraft cabin carpets production
Which gives it an ability to speed up the replacement process of aircraft cabin carpets [...]
Utair suggests a new debt restructuring plan
The debt-stricken Russian airline is asking creditors to partially write off debts and extend grace periods [...]
Russia’s airlines will need US$5 billion in state support, says owner of S7 Airlines
Vladislav Filev insists that a level playing field for all industry participants should take priority over direct state support [...]
CargoLogicAir’s UK licences are re-established
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group freighter affiliate takes off again to support current urgent medical missions [...]
Fitch revises Russia’s largest leasing company’s outlook to stable, at ‘BB+’
GTLK’s revision reflects the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian economy [...]
Estonia’s Magnetic MRO expands its engine workshop capabilities
The aircraft maintenance company is preparing for increased demand for lighter and cheaper technical care services [...]
As Utair’s passenger numbers collapse 10-fold, the Russian airline is moving into cargo
After the grounding of half of its fleet, the carrier’s daily flights schedule has been reduced five-fold [...]
New board chairwoman appointed at Baltic’s largest airport, extraordinary saving measures to be introduced
Laila Odiņa has replaced Ilona Līce as the new chairperson of Riga Airport board [...]
Aeroflot given 300 million roubles to sustain its air connections with Kaliningrad
Market suspicions that the Russian government will exclusively support the state-owned flag carrier through the COVID-19 crisis appear to be materialising [...]
Russian passenger airlines pin their survival hopes on the freight market
Nordwind, Pegas Fly and S7 are all deploying passenger airliners to transport cargo shipments between China and Europe [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Aeroflot to ‘BB-‘ with negative outlook
The state ownership factor is responsible for a two-notch uplift in Russia’s flag carrier’s rating status [...]
Kazakhstan Bek Air’s operator’s certificate and certificates of airworthiness are withdrawn
The Aviation Administration of the central Asian country says the airline has failed to rectify safety shortcomings [...]
Minsk airport reports a 32.6 per cent freight volume growth in Q1
Even though the main Belarusian capital airport is now working at 15 per cent of its 2019 levels [...]
Putin allocates US$310 million of state funds to Russia’s troubled airlines
The sum amounts to less than the country’s airlines’ combined fixed costs in the second quarter of 2020 [...]
Aeroflot further cuts its domestic flight frequencies
The second wave of service reductions includes its most popular routes [...]