Russian airlines’ August traffic almost back to pre-pandemic levels
While operational results are on a steady recovery track, financial indicators are a growing concern [...]
Air Transport
S7 Technics to create Russia’s first shop for engine and APU heavy maintenance
CFM56 engines and Honeywell 131-9A/B APUs to be repaired at Sheremetyevo airport starting next year [...]
Lufthansa Technik contracts additional engine shop visits from Aeroflot group’s carrier
Rossiya’s four CFM56-5B engines to be serviced in Hamburg [...]
Uzbekistan Express yet another LCC brand in the CIS
Uzbekistan’s national airline launches low fare travel on all-economy Airbus A320s [...]
EBRD finances Kazakh flag carrier’s maintenance and training centre
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lends US$50 million to Air Astana [...]
Russia’s largest MRO provider to present its new big project at MRO Russia & CIS 2021
S7 Technics to showcase its engineering support services, a big development in engine services and redelivery checks capabilities [...]
Rossiya becomes Russia’s third airline with fleet exceeding 100 aircraft
Aeroflot group’s carrier is on track to becoming the country’s largest airline by fleet size in two years [...]
Aeroflot signs long-term component maintenance agreement with HAECO
Component service agreement covers multiple fleet types, including Superjet 100 [...]
MRO Russia & CIS 2021 in figures
The largest MRO dedicated event in the region covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia to be held in-person on September 15-16 in Moscow [...]
Aeroflot completes first C-check program on its Boeing 777s in Russia
A-Technics performs heavy checks on Russian flag carrier’s four Triple Sevens [...]
Ural Airlines opens another line maintenance station
Russia’s private airline set up MRO support at St.Petersburg [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 88 per cent of pre-crisis levels in July
The country’s air travel market continues on a steady recovery track [...]
How to attend MRO Russia & CIS 2021
The region’s largest MRO event will take place in person on 15-16 September 2021 in Moscow [...]
S7 Group’s low-cost offshoot to take-off in mid-2022
Russia’s largest privately-owned aviation holding to launch stand alone carrier operating A320neos [...]
Airbus wins first Flight Hour Services contract in the CIS
Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas has selected maintenance-by-the-hour services for its A220 fleet [...]
Russia’s S7 Training took delivery of country’s first Alsim flight simulator
An AL172 will be used for private pilots training [...]
Aeroflot Group Ramping Up Operations
With the rising vaccination rate, vacations time demand for domestic flights has roared back [...]
All-Superjet 100 operator to become Russia’s first operator of Airbus A220
Azimuth Airlines will become a new Airbus operator in Russia next year [...]
Lufthansa Technik signs component support for Smartavia’s latest aircraft
The new contract governs supply for the Russian airline's fleet of Airbus A320neo [...]
Aeroflot Group airlines strengthen their positions in June
Russian airlines combined traffic resulted 13.5 per cent below same month of 2019 [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana returns to profit, but cautious on the remainder of the year
Domestic passengers grew 31 per cent over 2019 [...]
Russia’s domestic traffic up 10 per cent on pre-crisis level
In five months of 2021 Russian airlines served almost 33 million passengers, 26.6 per cent less compared to pre-crisis 2019 [...]
On track to five-star service
Aeroflot embarks on a transformation effort to upgrade its premium offering [...]
Russia’s first maintenance shop for the Honeywell-made APUs to be operational in Q4
S7 Technics’ station to be located at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, country’s busiest airport [...]
Russian airlines’ May passenger traffic was down only 19.7 per cent on 2019
Increased domestic market activity contributed to positive traffic recovery trend [...]
Russia’s S7 Technics hopes to lure European LLCs to its would-be St. Petersburg MRO base
Country’s largest independent MRO provider reveals plans for a fourth major maintenance facility [...]
Russia’s Smartavia to acquire 40 brand new Airbus A320neos and become a low-cost carrier
Private airline contracted seven neos for the next year delivery [...]
Aeroflot Group’s new strategy gains traction
Russia’s national carrier reclaims market leadership, while LCC Pobeda demonstrates impressive growth [...]
Aeroflot reclaims leadership of the Russian market
Russian airlines’ April traffic down 23 per cent on pre-crisis levels [...]
Russia’s Utair selected StandardAero to provide PW127M overhaul support
The MRO services are in support of carrier’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Russian airlines’ March traffic only 27 per cent below pre-crisis level
The general operational performance trend is positive [...]
Rosaviatsiya boss: Russia will need 700 new aircraft by 2030
The number of Western-built aircraft operated by Russian airlines has grown by 25 per cent since 2017 [...]
Aeroflot opens new MRO hangar, transfers Boeing 777 heavy maintenance to Russia
The group’s MRO provider A-Technics may start providing MRO services to third-party customers next year [...]
Russia’s airline passenger traffic down 37 per cent in February, on the climb
S7 Airlines is still leading the market, LCC Pobeda Airlines enjoys three per cent growth [...]
MAAS Aviation opens new aircraft paint shop in Kaunas
In cooperation with FL Technics a re-delivery centre is set up at the Lithuanian airport [...]
Aeroflot resumes taking deliveries of Western-built aircraft
Aurum Leasing delivered a new B777-300 aircraft on lease to Aeroflot [...]
KrasAvia becomes Russia’s third ATR operator
The airline boosts regional connectivity in Siberia with two ATR 72 aircraft [...]
January proves better than December for Russia’s airlines
Total traffic was 38 per cent down Y-on-Y, private S7 Airlines still leads the market [...]
Kazakhstan to complete Boeing 737 MAX airworthiness assessment in February
Central Asian country’s only type operator SCAT is gearing up for test flights this week [...]
Russia’s best performing airline lost only 2.7% of its traffic in 2020
Thanks to large domestic market, Russian carriers cope with the coronavirus crisis better than other regions [...]
2020 first year without traffic growth for Russia’s LCC Pobeda Airlines
However, Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary reports $19 mln net profits for the crisis year [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic down 46 per cent in 2020
Aeroflot remained the country’s largest carrier last year [...]
S7 Airlines retained leadership of the Russian air travel market for 9 months in 2020
none of Russia’s largest airlines managed to improve its December 2019 results [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan targets to double traffic this year
Air Astana’s LCC division FlyArystan proceeds on its expansion path with plans to add more aircraft and launch new routes [...]
Red Wings to double fleet in 2021 by adding SSJ100s, A320s and B777s
The Russian airline plans to bring in the total of 20 aircraft this year despite prolongued crisis [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic down 48 per cent in November
Compared to October, the decline in traffic numbers has aggravated [...]
Six Russian airlines demonstrate improved operational results in September
Russia’s domestic air travel grows 6.8 per cent year-on-year [...]
LCC Pobeda accounted for 35% of Aeroflot group’s total domestic traffic in September
The budget carrier is riding the wave of Russian air travel market recovery [...]
Kazakh LCC FlyArystan’s fleet grows to seven aircraft
Air Astana’s low-cost division continues expansion [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September
This is the best result since April for the local industry [...]