Guernsey-based company acquires Moldova’s major airport from Russian business
Chisinau International Airport acquired by Rothschild family investment vehicle [...]
Air Transport
Low-cost Kazakhstan carrier FlyArystan chooses its first regional base
The country’s only budget airline plans to operate up to 12 routes out of Karaganda [...]
Magnetic MRO is to produce record number of in-house-made interior details
As part of a contract with Finnair covering a wide range of MRO services on the airline’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Ural Airlines Airbus A321 makes a safe belly landing after Moscow bird strike
Minor injuries reported among 233 people aboard [...]
Air Astana’s financial results improved in the first half of 2019
Even though the leading Kazakhstan carrier’s traffic remained flat [...]
Ukrainian airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 10.9% in the first seven months
Collectively, the carriers transported a total of 7.65 million passengers in the January-July 2019 period [...]
Azerbaijan served more than three million air passengers in the first seven months of 2019
Of these, 2.6 million passed through the capital city airport of Baku [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth remained solid in July
Passenger air traffic growth in the mid-summer month amounted to 9.9 per cent [...]
Russia’s Utair improves its financial performance
The financially troubled airline experienced a 34% reduction of its net loss in the first half of 2019 [...]
Big increase in LCC activity in Ukraine in the coming winter season
Low-cost carriers Wizz Air and Ryanair are adding dozens of new routes from Kyiv, Odessa and Lviv [...]
INTERVIEW: Talgat Lastayev, head of the civil aviation committee of the Kazakhstan ministry for investment and development
Our main emphasis is on transit flows [...]
S7 Airlines temporarily becomes Sibir once again
In response to an ecological disaster, the Siberian carrier is temporarily reverting to its old name [...]
St Petersburg disillusioned with Rossiya Airlines
Unable to influence the Aeroflot Group airline’s development, the city administration is intending to sell off its share [...]
NordStar finds a temporary alternative for the embargoed B737 MAX
With B737 MAX deliveries suspended, the Russian airline is bringing in additional B737-800s [...]
Uzbekistan Airways to sell-off its older aircraft
The Uzbeki flag carrier has put 18 aircraft, including its entire freighter fleet, up for sale [...]
Aeroflot’s second-in-command quits
Vadim Zingman, deputy CEO at Russia’s largest airline, has left the carrier [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, leased from CDB Aviation
Russia’s first LEAP-1А-powered neo is part of the carrier’s fleet renewal plan [...]
Pegas Fly becomes the latest Russian operator of the Boeing 737-900
Two narrow-bodied units started operations late last week [...]
New paint shop for Belarus’ capital airport
The Minsk Civil Aviation Plant 407 is to recommence aircraft painting operations in 2020 [...]
INSIGHT: Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company bucks the trend
The private carrier expanded its fleet, gearing up for the IOSA audit, as country's airlines face declining passenger traffic [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss almost doubled in the 1H2019
Russia’s leading airline posted a US$220 million net loss, according to local financial standards [...]
GECAS will be the provider of the first LEAP-powered A321neos in Russia/CIS
Ural Airlines is planning to take delivery of two of the type in October and December [...]
S7 Technics and Gazprom Avia sign a new wheel maintenance contract
In total, Russian MRO provider repaired more than 3,400 wheels in 2018 [...]
LCC Wizz Air prepares to launch flights from Budapest to Minsk
New direct service is planned for spring 2020 [...]
Japan Airlines to serve Vladivostok in Russia
Daily Tokyo to Vladivostok flights will start from the 2020 summer schedule [...]
Why is digital transformation necessary?
Russia’s air transport industry is beginning to realise that data could be the most important new asset [...]
Kazakhstan’s passenger traffic declined by three per cent in the first half of 2019
The numbers decreased despite the emergence of FlyArystan, the country's first LCC [...]
Smartavia completes its 2019 fleet renewal with addition of another B737-800
Seven Boeing 737NGs replenish the carrier’s fleet this year [...]
Aeroflot improves its position among top 20 global airlines
Russia’s biggest airline holding ranked 18th globally in 2018 [...]
FlyArystan handed a baggage advantage in Kazakhstan
The authorities have obliged its airlines to carry baggage for free again, whilst making an exception for the country’s only LCC [...]
Russia’s airlines retain high passenger growth figures
Passenger numbers increased by 12% in 1H19, the financial situation of the carriers remains a concern [...]
Unfinished apron holds up the launch of Domodedovo’s new terminal
Delays to the state-sponsored reconstruction of Russia’s second largest airport are depreciating private investments [...]
Kazakhstan start-up launches Ilyushin IL-18 cargo operations
IrMa Air Service is using a 45-year-old vintage, four-engined turboprop on flights to Iran [...]
S7 and Air Astana signed a codeshare deal
But key routes between allied nations are not yet included in the agreement [...]
airBaltic successfully places a €200 million bonds issue
Cash injection will allow the Latvian flag carrier to continue with its fleet modernisation [...]
LCC FlyOne launches flights from Chișinău to London’s Southend airport
Moldova’s only low-cost carrier’s network grew to 11 destinations [...]
Lithuania’s KlasJet expands its fleet to six aircraft
Private and business charter specialist is diversifying into economy-class charters [...]
LCC Pobeda launches new inclusive package programme
Russian budget airline now has its own online tour operator [...]
The Civil Aviation Academy of Kazakhstan opts for an Alsim ALX flight simulator
The school provides training for the country’s civil air transport as well as for central Asian countries [...]
Aeroflot looks at acquiring airliners with 400-plus seats
Russia’s prime carrier’s consultant will help to determine the type of widebody required [...]
INSIGHT: The Russian MRO industry is suffering from a shortage of what is required to successfully maintain western aircraft
An interview with Igor Poddubny, the head of Ural Airlines Technics [...]
Wizz Air to base a third aircraft and add new routes from Moldova’s capital
The budget airline is expanding its Moldovan operations, with one million seats on offer next year [...]
Tajikistan’s Somon Air opens new aviation training centre
It offers initial training, re-training and on-going training of crew [...]
Russian security services demand the power to cancel international flights
Government is proposing new regulations to mitigate security threats [...]
Traffic between Russia and Finland grows by 15.9 per cent
Passenger numbers have been on a steady rise for the last five years [...]
Qazaq Air is accepted as a member of IATA
The state-owned regional carrier becomes Kazakhstan’s third IATA representative [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp carries 668,500 passengers in six months
The start-up hybrid carrier’s share of scheduled traffic continues to rise [...]
Survey: one third of Russian respondents prefer western-built aircraft
The poll focused on customer preference changes in the aftermath of the SSJ100 crash [...]
Russia’s iFly Airlines brings a 10th Airbus to its fleet
The leisure carrier now operates eight A330s [...]
Two new A320neos bring Air Astana’s new engine option fleet to six
The aircraft will be operated on flights inside Kazakhstan, as well as to China, India, Russia and Ukraine [...]