Air Transport
Rossiya Airlines regains its second largest carrier status, after slight growth [...]
Belarus’ Minsk airport handled some two million passengers in first half of 2018
Belarus’ main gateway traffic grew by 8.7 per cent year-on-year in the period [...]
World Cup helps Moscow’s smallest airport score record traffic
Vnukovo airport handled 2.182 million passengers in June [...]
Ukraine International reports 12.9 per cent increase in first half of 2018
Ukraine’s flag carrier served 3.53 million passengers in the January to June period [...]
Azerbaijan’s Baku airport reports 14 per cent traffic growth
The airport in the capital of Azerbaijan served 1.96 million passengers in the first half of 2018 [...]
Traffic through Russia’s Zhukovsky soars by 390 per cent in June
Russia’s World Cup inspires the Moscow region airport to reach the 100,000 passengers per month milestone [...]
Georgian airports continue to enjoy double-digit traffic growth
Tbilisi Airport was accountable for 76 per cent of the country’s total air traffic in the first half of 2018 [...]
Russo-Italian JV to launch MRO centre in Moscow
Atitech signs an agreement with Rostec for a maintenance centre for western-built aircraft as well for Russia’s MC-21s, SSJ100s [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines to take delivery of new A320neos and B737MAXs in 2019
A mix of A320neo and B737MAX aircraft will be the first batch of brand new aircraft in the airline’s history [...]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air expands in Moldova
Hungarian airline to base its second aircraft at Chișinău – and introduces five new European routes [...]
Moscow’s Domodedovo airport enlarges its terminal capacity by five million passengers
First section of the new T2 terminal opened in time for the FIFA World Cup 2018 [...]
Another Russian airline opts for Swiss-made MRO software
Ural Airlines is to adopt the IT solution AMOS in advance of the delivery of next-gen aircraft [...]
Aeroflot’s SSJ100 fleet grows to 45 Russian regional jets
Russia’s flag carrier has taken delivery of its eighth Sukhoi Superjet 100 [...]
Russia’s largest charter carrier aims for 30 aircraft in its fleet by 2020
Azur Air takes delivery of its first B777 and has plans for three more of the type from next winter [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport wins approval for its new Terminal C project
Integration of the facility with Terminal B will raise SVO’s northern complex's total annual capacity to 35 million passengers [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines extends its Pulkovo network reach
Novosibirsk-originated airline benefits from St Petersburg airport synergies [...]
Fourth Russian regional jet delivered to Brussels Airlines
Belgian airline wet-leases a Russian-built SSJ100 from Irish owner CityJet [...]
Aeroflot chooses seat and IFE system suppliers for its forthcoming Airbus A350s
In a contract worth US$130 million, B/E Aerospace to equip Aeroflot’s 28 A350-900s with seats [...]
Young Estonian carrier posts its first profit
Nordica’s fleet was boosted with a further 10 aircraft throughout 2017 (Nordica) [...]
Qazaq Air boasts 55 per cent traffic growth in first half of 2018
Kazakh regional carrier is working on receiving its IATA safety certificate later this year [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport adds parking spaces for bizjets
New apron for 25 business jets became operational in time for the World Cup [...]
Russia’s largest air cargo carrier introduces services to Budapest
AirBridgeCargo grows its European cargo network to 11 destinations [...]
First commercial helicopter operator appears in Armenia
Armenian Helicopters wins its Air Operator’s Certificate [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines leases four A321neos from ALC in 2018
First unit has already been delivered to Russia’s second biggest airline [...]
Russian airlines see domestic traffic grow faster than international in May
Trend reversal for the first time in at least five months [...]
Russian regional operator to try its luck on trunk air routes to China
To facilitate this, IrAero has taken delivery of its first of a batch of three B777-200s [...]
Uzbekistan Airways to receive two A320neos in December
Airline to become the third operator of the type in the region [...]
Air Astana to expand its second-generation Embraer and Airbus orders
Kazakhstan’s flagship carrier is looking to expand its existing orders for E-Jet Е2 and A320neo to 15 and 26 units respectively [...]
Turkish Technic wins Ukrainian, Russian MRO contracts
MRO provider signs contracts with Ukraine International and NordWind [...]
More than 60 per cent of Russia’s air passengers carried by Aeroflot and S7
Aeroflot's domestic traffic grew faster than international during May, whilst S7 saw expansion to overseas destinations [...]
Aeroflot’s shareholders approve lease of 50 MC-21 Russian airliners
Total value of the transaction is estimated at US$5.231 billion [...]
Kazakhstan to revive local air services network
Zhetysu Airlines is the first step in the government's scheme to provide a regional air service network linking smaller towns [...]
World’s largest helicopter to replace Ukrainian engines with Russian in 2023
New Russian PD-12Vs to supersede Ukraine-made D-136s on the Mi-26 helicopter [...]
Aircraft painting business grows by 50 per cent at S7 Technics
Russian MRO provider’s paint shop has re-delivered 18 aircraft to their operators thus far this year [...]
Georgia’s Myway Technics enters regional MRO market
Tbilisi-based maintenance provider obtains approvals and announces launch of operations [...]
First CS300 deliveries to Russia expected in May 2019
Red Wings, Russia’s first customer for the new generation Bombardier jets, to receive six aircraft [...]
Russia’s S7 brings Оneworld alliance to Belarus
Russian airline becomes the first Oneworld alliance member to enter Belarus’s air travel market [...]
Russia’s Saratov Airlines abandons all plans for a re-launch
Shut down operator claims Russian aviation regulator “consciously forced” it to give up its attempts to re-start operations [...]
Interview: Evgeny Klyucharev, general director of Red Wings Airlines
“We are quite realistic about our role in the air travel market” [...]
Swiss MRO provider approved for Russian-registered civil rotorcraft and props
RUAG Aviation now licensed for helicopters and propeller aircraft with Russian civil registrations [...]
Russia’s IFly builds on its Airbus fleet
Russian charter airline to bring in two A330s and an A319 [...]
Financially-stricken Air Kyrgyzstan awaits possibility of privatisation
Kyrgyzstan’s state-owned carrier has been out of local operations for a long time [...]
airBaltic receives its ninth CS300 jet and delivers 22 per cent growth
Latvian airline’s upwards trajectory continues, as another jet arrives and passengers numbers grow by 22 per cent in May [...]
Georgia’s Myway Airlines launches scheduled services
China-backed airline to develop Tbilisi Airport as a hub connecting China and the CIS countries [...]
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines flies to EU
Following its EASA recognition as a Third Country Operator, SCAT has launched services to Vilnius and has plans for 14 new European routes [...]
Russia’s Gazpromneft-Aero wins new refuelling contracts
Aircraft fuel specialist from Russia offers up-to-date compliance and digital data capabilities [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly chooses AerFin for its E-Jets component support
With a five-year contract, AerFin is carrier’s new partner [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic returns to single-digit growth
Growth of passenger numbers is lowest since start of the year [...]
Chinese airline may buy into Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air
Kazakh and Chinese regional airlines sign Memorandum of Understanding [...]
Costs of additional aircraft and rising pilots’ salaries double Aeroflot losses
Fleet modernisation and the need to keep its captains led to a US$195 million net loss in Q1 2018 [...]