Bringing in Superjet 100s influenced Severstal Airlines traffic growth last year
The Russian regional airline’s operational results improved by 30 per cent in 2019 [...]
Air Transport
Launch of low-cost division lifts Air Astana Group’s traffic by 17 per cent
Without the inclusion of its FlyArystan subsidiary’s operational performance, Kazakhstan’s national carrier grew by a mere one per cent last year [...]
S7 Airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 12.4 per cent last year
Russia’s second biggest airline carried 17.945 million passengers in 2019 [...]
Aeroflot’s new regional bases unveil their 2019 performance figures
Russia’s three hubs, located beyond the Ural mountain range, post their results [...]
Uzbekistan to launch a new regional airline utilising a fleet of turboprop aircraft
State-run Humo Air is expected to offer affordable regional travel and exploit the country’s untapped tourism potential [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A321neo
The Russian airline’s neo fleet has now grown to five aircraft [...]
Safety violations found in Kazakhstan’s Bek Air operations
The airline has been given six months to eliminate airworthiness shortcomings following the recent crash of its Fokker 100 [...]
Rossiya Airlines to lease two A319 aircraft
Lessor is the USA’s GA Telesis' Leasing Investment Financing & Trading Group [...]
Rostec gets fired up over proposed new ‘made-in-Russia’ airline
After president Putin’s rallying call, the game is on [...]
Wizz Air is the first to capitalise on Pulkovo’s seventh-freedom status
It may be the start of something big … with the European LCC possibly launching as many as 20 new routes to Russia [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan carried 700,580 passengers in its first eight months
The central Asian country’s start-up budget airline is planning to grow its A320 fleet from four to 10 aircraft in 2020 [...]
airBaltic carried 22 per cent more passengers in 2019
Record traffic helped the Latvian carrier to maintain its status as the largest in the Baltics [...]
Russian government to create an airline dedicated to the country’s far east
The region encompasses 40 per cent of Russia’s entire land territory [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport targets 100 million passengers by 2030
The first stage of the new terminal C at Russia’s largest airport is now operational [...]
Belarus’ Minsk airport continues on its double-digit growth flight path
The nation’s capital city airport handled more than five million passengers last year [...]
The Airbus A350-900 is awarded a type certificate in Russia
National regulator Rosaviatsiya has validated the type ahead of its service entry with Russia’s launch customer Aeroflot [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic grew by 10.2 per cent last year, air transport authority reports
In 2019, the country’s airlines collectively carried a record number of 128.1 million passengers [...]
Russia’s Sheremetyevo is world’s most punctual airport
Moscow airport tops punctuality league table, latest data shows [...]
A favourable wet-lease market sees Avion Express enjoy improved results
Lithuanian ACMI specialist registered a 15 per cent production increase in 2019 [...]
Ukrainian airlines’ passenger growth slowed in 2019
The country’s carriers collectively served some 13.7 million passengers, up 9.5 per cent on the year earlier [...]
Passenger numbers grew by seven per cent for Russia’s Ural Airlines last year
The airline’s traffic fell short of its 10 million target due to the delays of the Boeing 737 MAX deliveries [...]
Low-cost Chinese carrier 9 Air launches flights to Vladivostok
China is a preferred travel destination for Russians living in the far east [...]
Moscow’s airports experienced contrasting rates of development last year
Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo recorded positive dynamics in 2019, whereas Domodedovo’s traffic slowed down again [...]
Magnetic MRO gains Chinese certification
The CAAC approval allows the company to provide maintenance servicing of China-registered aircraft and their engines [...]
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines are granted IATA’s Level 4 NDC certification
In the space of a month, Russia's two biggest airlines have reached new levels in the international airline distribution standard [...]
Russia’s IrAero says good-bye to its Boeing 777 experiment
After an 18-month trial period, the Irkutsk-based regional airline has wound down its failed wide-body programme [...]
Riga airport enjoyed a 10.5 per cent traffic upswing last year
Hybrid and budget carriers contributed 83.5 per cent of passengers using the Baltic region’s largest airport [...]
Estonian aircraft maintenance specialist Magnetic MRO launches a leasing arm
Magnetic Leasing, with its US partner, are aiming to build a US$0.5 billion portfolio by 2025 [...]
A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Iran
No survivors reported among its 176 passengers and crew [...]
VEB, Russia’s state development facilitator, accepts five Superjet 100s on behalf of Aeroflot
They are the first of an additional batch of 100 SSJ100s due to be leased to the Russian flag carrier up to 2026 [...]
Sigma Airlines to operate Kazakhstan’s first Boeing 747 freighter
The private Kazakh cargo airline adds a jumbo freighter to its fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and Airbus A300 aircraft [...]
Ryanair announces two additional Armenian routes
The news comes prior to next week’s start of its service to the Caucasus country [...]
A Bek Air Fokker 100 crashes on take-off from Almaty
12 people dead and dozens injured [...]
Belavia’s annual traffic to exceed 4 million passengers for the first time
Belarus’ flag carrier rapid fleet expansion is behind the airline’s improved operational performance [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A320neo
The aircraft is the 25th of the neo family on Russia’s commercial fleet roster [...]
airBaltic takes delivery of its 22nd Airbus A220-300
Latvian hybrid airline completes new aircraft deliveries in 2019 [...]
S7 Airlines’ A320neo family fleet reached 21 aircraft
Russia’s second largest airline to add ten more Airbus A320neos next year [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly takes delivery of third Boeing 737-900
The airline’s fleet has once again reached 14 aircraft [...]
LOT to lease four Airbus A320s from Lithuania’s Avion Express
The Polish airline resorts to ACMI services to cover up for Boeing 737 MAX grounding [...]
Pulkovo airport to introduce seventh freedom of air starting early 2020
Several European LCCs have already expressed their interest in launching flights to St. Petersburg [...]
Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air’s passenger traffic grew by 24 per cent in 2019
But competition with fellow discounter FlyArystan left it short of its target [...]
Azerbaijan’s AZAL acquires an Embraer E190 full flight simulator for US$11.5m
It will be used to train pilots for LCC Buta Airways and to expand the capabilities of its Flight Training Centre [...]
Sheremetyevo and Aeroflot: growing together
Aeroflot benefits from Russia’s convenient geography to develop passenger flows between Europe and Asia [...]
All-Superjet 100 start-up Azimuth Airlines reaches operational breakeven
State subsidies have helped one of Russia’s fastest growing regional carriers [...]
Insight: Low-cost carrier Pobeda aims to outperform S7 Airlines
According to Aeroflot’s business strategy, its budget airline subsidiary may become Russia’s second largest carrier by 2023 [...]
Belavia takes delivery of its seventh Embraer E195
The Belarusian flag carrier plans to bring in up to nine Boeing 737s next year [...]
Budget airline Wizz Air to serve Armenia from next March
Following on the heels of its arch rival Ryanair, the Hungarian LCC is to link Yerevan with Vilnius and Vienna [...]
Russia’s S7 re-allocates its aircraft within the group
Country’s second largest carrier S7 Airlines is close to absorbing its Globus subsidiary [...]
Another big-scale aircraft maintenance provider emerges in the Baltics
Aviatic MRO is to convert a former Soviet air force base in Lithuania into a major European aircraft maintenance site [...]
Aeroflot expands its Asia route offering with a second Japanese destination
The Russian flag carrier is to inaugurate direct Airbus A350 flights from Moscow to Osaka from next summer [...]