NordStar Airlines successfully passes IOSA audit
The carrier is now eligible to join IATA but has not yet voiced its intention to do so [...]
Air Transport
Aeroflot A320 fleet reaches 70 units
The latest delivery was arranged via a Sino-Lithuanian lessor [...]
UVT Aero cleared to perform international flights
The carrier's first service could be to the exclave city of Kaliningrad [...]
Second phase of runway works completed at Norilsk airport
The runway will undergo further refurbishment in 2018 [...]
StandardAero to service Nordica APUs
The contract will cover the carrier’s CRJ700/900s and ATR 72-600s [...]
Iraqi Airways resumes flights to Moscow
The carrier will be flying to Vnukovo with Boeing 737-800s [...]
Aeroflot receives new Airbus narrowbody
This is the seventh A320 family aircraft ordered from a joint venture between AviaAM Leasing and HNCA [...]
Astana, Shymkent to restrict services over runway works
The renovation works at the Kazakh capital's airport will take 10 days [...]
MC-21 prototype resumes test flights following adjustments
The airliner has been additionally fitted with strain gauges [...]
Air Astana introduces Inmarsat broadband internet access
The service will be available on the carrier's Boeing 767 widebodies [...]
GTLK to receive budget funds for helicopter purchases
The Russian lessor will use the extra $74 million to buy medevac rotorcraft for regional air ambulance services [...]
Engine for Il-114-300, Il-112 turboprops enters flight tests
The TV7-117ST is being test-flown on an Il-76LL testbed [...]
SCAT Airlines moving its Moscow flights to Vnukovo
The Kazakh carrier has up to now operated services to Domodedovo [...]
Ural Airlines reports 19% traffic growth for August
The carrier performed better than the market average [...]
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines postponed Sukhoi Superjet 100 leasing
The decision came after the contract price increased due to devaluation of Kazakh national currency. [...]
Odesa Airport starts construction of new runway
Its construction will enable to use the full capacity of a freshly opened passenger terminal. [...]
VTS Jets cleared to provide full maintenance on Bombardier aircraft
The company can now service Canadian-made business jets [...]
Silk Way Business Aviation receives ACJ319
The carrier's ACJ319 seats up to 32 passengers in two classes [...]
JetExpo to rebrand as RUBACE
The new brand should make the exhibition more recognizable [...]
Russian air traffic to set all-time record in 2017
FATA's head Alexander Neradko says Russian carriers alone will transport over 100 million passengers this year [...]
New terminal at Odesa opens for international flights
The airport's new facility started serving domestic passengers in April 2017 [...]
Aeroflot adds two new Boeing 737-800s
The carrier's -800 fleet has thus reached 30 aircraft [...]
INTERVIEW: AviaTIS expansion plans include large-cabin business jets
The company is looking to attract more business aircraft owners [...]
Grim outlook for Russian bizav deliveries
Jetcraft estimates that Gulfstream Aerospace will contribute heftily to global bizav sales through to 2025 [...]
Russia waiting for Cessna Denali
Deliveries are expected to begin in the first half of 2020 [...]
Sirius Aero rebranding, expanding fleet
The carrier's fleet includes seven Hawker business jets [...]
INSIGHT: Sunkar Air sizing up bizav market
Kazakhstan's new airline focuses on the transportation of hockey and soccer teams [...]
New ATM development strategy proposed for Russia
Unoptimized routes cost Russian airlines 15-20 billion rubles annually [...]
Novaport buys Ulan-Ude airport
The airport had already been sold once before, in 2011 [...]
Russia, Kazakhstan to increase bilateral frequencies, designate more carriers
The move is in line with the effort to boost the common Eurasian Economic Union air services market [...]
TsAGI to test MC-21 model with PD-14 in wind tunnel
The model will be put into the institute's transonic wind tunnel [...]
Sky Gates Airlines adds second Boeing 747-400F
The operator's two 747s previously served with an Azeri cargo carrier [...]
Airports of Regions to renovate Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport
A mock-up of the renovation project, complete with the new terminal, was presented at the recent NAIS exhibition [...]
First A350 deliveries to Aeroflot postponed until 2019
The carrier's IFRS report says it will begin receiving the first aircraft in 2019, not in 2018 [...]
S7 Airlines orders Embraer E170 simulator
The order comes as the airline is preparing to bring its E170 fleet up to 17 airframes [...]
Wizz Air launches flights between Budapest, St. Petersburg
The carrier is planning to bring the frequency on the route to four flights per week by next spring [...]
First bizav operator to launch in Belarus
The carrier's PC-12 aircraft will be serviced by FBO Minsk, which is to become operational in 2019 [...]
UTair Group posts net, operating losses for H1 2017
The company's revenue from passenger transportation services declined 2.5% to 22.269 billion rubles [...]
Open skies mulled for Ulan-Ude
No specific date has been announced for the introduction of an open skies regime at Baikal Airport [...]
Nordwind Airlines to receive two Boeing 777-300ERs
Thhe carrier currently operates four Boeing 777-200 widebodies [...]
Aeroflot Group blames fuel prices for poor EBITDA
The group's fuel expenses spiked 25.5% in the first half of 2017 [...]
Traffic growth through Vnukovo, Domodedovo slows
Albeit at a slower pace, Vnukovo remains the fastest growing of Moscow's three main airports [...]
S7 Group sells 10% in subsidiary airline
The carrier remains privately owned [...]
Georgian Airways takes delivery of two E190s
Both airliners were built some 10 years ago [...]
Cypriot Cobalt Air to lauch flights to Moscow before year-end
Unlike the carrier's other destinations, the Moscow traffic remains big all year round [...]
AirBridgeCargo boosts volumes by 16% in H1
Growth has been driven by the operator's activity in Asia Pacific and a focus on the pharmaceutical market [...]
Russian military becomes launch customer for Mi-38
The Defense Ministry will receive the Mi-38T specialized version [...]
Russian startup leases single Yak-40 for regional services
Ayana Airlines is wet-leasing the aircraft to offer interregional travel from Tuva [...]
UTair partners with IT parts locator Locatory.com
The airline joins the growing ranks of Russian companies who use the site [...]
Aeroflot’s passenger traffic growth accelerates
The growth rate was at its maximum in July [...]