Small Russian airlines ask for government help
All country’s airlines should be equally eligible for state support, experts believe [...]
Air Transport
S7 Airlines is confident it is strong enough to survive the crisis
Nevertheless, Russia’s second largest carrier slashes its summer programme by 50 per cent [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Domodedovo airport to BB
The credit status of Russia’s second largest airport is down because of the Coronavirus outbreak, the outlook is negative [...]
VTB Leasing grants lease payments holiday to another Russian airline
Russia’s state-owned lessor has agreed a bailout deferment plan with Utair [...]
Full lock-down of domestic air travel in Russia is a possibility
The Russian government is considering imposing restrictions on movements within the country [...]
Just before the crisis: Russian airlines’ positive operational performances for January and February 2020
These two months are the final period of ‘normal life’ that will be used as the baseline for all future comparisons [...]
LCC Pobeda is Russia’s first big airline to voluntarily suspend all operations
Because of the COVID-19 fallout, all flights of Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary have now been grounded for two months [...]
CIS states close their borders and suspend air connections
Belarus is the only nation in the region to describe closing borders as ‘nonsense’ [...]
Russia suspends all air connections with foreign countries
From March 27, only evacuation flights will cross Russia’s borders [...]
Interview: Andrey Egorov, general director of KrasAvia, on the COVID-19 crisis, the ATR-72 project and the woes of the depressed oil industry
“In our industry people are too valuable to cast aside. So we’ll try to survive together.” [...]
Blitz-Interview: Smartavia’s Viktor Anoshkin on the airline’s operations amidst the COVID-19 crisis
“Airline bankruptcies are likely to follow, and the recovery period won’t be a quick one” [...]
Aeroflot granted a period of grace for lease payments on 67 aircraft
Following Russia’s airline group’s arrangement with VTB Leasing, it is now anticipating similar indulgences from other state lessors [...]
Fitch revises Aeroflot’s outlook to ‘negative’ and affirms its rating as ‘BB’
The Russian flag carrier's 'BB' status reflects a two-notch uplift for state support [...]
Russia suspends all international air connections
Aeroflot has been granted monopoly rights to continue flights to the world’s capital cities, most of which are now inaccessible [...]
Aeroflot starts grounding its aircraft in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
In the most optimistic scenario, the Russian flag carrier will have to mothball a quarter of its fleet [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines takes another Airbus A320neo as it continues domestic flying
SMBC Aviation Capital has delivered the third unit of an eight aircraft deal to the country’ biggest private carrier [...]
Russian commercial aviation in a battle for survival
The Russian Association of Air Transport Operators has pleaded to take urgent measures to protect Russia’s air transport industry from collapse [...]
Opinion: Peter Griffiths, director general at Aviation administration of Kazakhstan
View of the current challenges facing the aviation industry [...]
Russia’s aviation authority concerned about the financial health of local airlines
Fundamental, structural changes seem inevitable [...]
Russia’s Nordwind Airlines to take two Airbus A330-200s from Air Lease Corporation
The aircraft will be delivered to the Moscow-based carrier in the spring [...]
Russia extends its air connections ban to USA, Great Britain and UAE
Flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to New York, London and Abu Dhabi are exempt from restrictions [...]
Rossiya Airlines consolidates all its Moscow flights at Sheremetyevo
The Aeroflot Group member is transferring its leisure flights programme from Vnukovo, Moscow to its parent’s capital city base [...]
Uzbekistan Airways Technics performs its first ever Boeing 737 C-check
The Uzbeki MRO services provider has only recently added the new aircraft type to its EASA Part-145 approval [...]
Aeroflot extends elite level status for loyalty programme members by one year
The move is a reward for the loyalty of the Russian flag-carrier’s frequent fliers who are forced to limit their travel in the current environment [...]
Despite the hiatus, new international flights are launched to Russian airports
Moscow welcomes its first flight from Nha Trang, and Vladivostok now has more connections with Tokyo’s Narita [...]
Kazakhstan develops domestic market as all international air connections suspended
Central Asian country suspends all international routes until April 15 [...]
MiG’s new maintenance base to service the Sukhoi Superjet 100
Its Lukhovitsy centre is hopeful of gaining the necessary FAP-285 approval before the end of this year [...]
Latvia’s airBaltic suspends all flight operations from March 17
To limit the spread of COVID-19, the government of the Baltic country is tightening security measures by suspending international air traffic [...]
Kyrgyzstan to join the Cape Town Convention
The country’s carriers will benefit from improved leasing contract terms [...]
Coronavirus forces Aeroflot to postpone the launch of its first regional hub
Krasnoyarsk flight programme will be re-visited in the summer [...]
Aurora Airlines to form the basis of a new carrier in Russia’s far east
Regional airline to be managed by Russian industrial giant Rostec [...]
Estonian MRO specialist and Airbus sign airframe maintenance agreement
Magnetic MRO has entered into a long-term agreement for the support and maintenance of Airbus family aircraft [...]
Russia imposes severe restrictions on air connections with Europe
Coincident with the WHO’s declaration that COVID-19 is now pandemic, flights to France, Germany, Italy and Spain are to be operated exclusively by Aeroflot [...]
Ukraine International reduces its flight schedule in response to Coronavirus
Routes serving Italy, Israel and Turkey are affected as well as some domestic flights [...]
Russia’s airlines continued to enjoy notable traffic growth in February
The country’s carriers served 6.5 per cent more passengers last month [...]
Interview: Vladimir Perekrestov, S7 Technics’ general director
Russia is no longer the country of ‘cheap labour’ [...]
Fokker Services receives Russian aviation authority approvals
The Dutch company wins a number of approvals from Rosaviatsiya for modifications including ADS-B Out, the ULD, and provisions for EFB [...]
Lufthansa Technik signs new contracts with Russian airlines
The German MRO provider is continuing and expanding its technical support for airlines Red Wings and Smartavia [...]
Latvia’s flag carrier cuts capacity and reduces staff
As airBaltic cancels a total of 580 flights, the number of its employees is being reduced by 250 [...]
S7 Technics signs a unique consignment stock agreement with Satair
The exclusive aircraft spare parts distribution agreement is the first of its kind between Satair and customers in Russia and the CIS [...]
New Kyrgyz cargo carrier to launch operations utilising an Airbus A300 freighter
The Kyrgyz government has lifted its ban on cargo aircraft older than 25 years [...]
Danish firm opens first wheel and brake MRO in Russia
With the establishment of TP Aerospace Technics Russia, the workshop has become the first wheel and brake shop in Eastern Europe [...]
Ural Airlines to build a maintenance hangar at Zhukovsky, near Moscow
The large Russian carrier is gearing up to expand the Moscow aircraft maintenance market [...]
Mongolian maintenance specialist provides first service to Ukraine International
MIAT Technics has, for the first time, completed a C-check on an aircraft operated by Ukrainian flag carrier [...]
Smartavia to rejuvenate its Arkhangelsk airport MRO facility
Russian regional airline is seeking an international partner to re-launch its maintenance division [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines continues its upward flightpath
The all-Superjet 100 operator jumps three places in the league ranking of the nation’s airlines, moving straight to 12th place [...]
Ukraine’s MAUtechnic is ready for its EASA approval
A separate MRO unit of Ukraine International is expecting to receive its EASA Part 145 approval certification before the end of this year [...]
Red Wings may be Russia’s next Boeing 777 operator
The all-narrow-body fleet operator owned by the parent of Russia’s aircraft industry is looking to lease its first wide-body aircraft [...]
The MAC Aero Interiors UK production facility is relocated to Estonia
The Magnetic MRO subsidiary is concerned about the changed economic environment in the United Kingdom [...]
Azerbaijan’s Silk Way Technics adds more types to its service roster
Azerbaijani largest services provider has won approvals to provide Boeing 737NG, MAX as well as Airbus A320neo maintenance services [...]