Air Transport
The list of winners in the 21st annual Wings of Russia Air Transport Awards [...]
Russia’s Red Wings to take five more Airbus А321s
Number of А320 family aircraft in the airline’s fleet to grow to 12 [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines and JAL to further expand codeshare cooperation
Flights between Tokyo and Irkutsk, Novosibirsk added to network [...]
Basel Aero to sell off Gelendzhik airport
Announcement of potential sale follows in less than a week after sanctions were imposed on Oleg Deripaska [...]
Russia’s only low-cost carrier’s fleet grows to 18 aircraft
Pobeda takes delivery of its latest factory-fresh Boeing 737-800 [...]
Russia’s airlines enjoy 11.7 per cent traffic growth in March
Carriers collectively transported 7.8 million passengers in the month [...]
Polar Airlines signs for 200 TVS-2DTS aircraft
The first deliveries are scheduled for 2021 [...]
Belavia’s Embraer fleet to increase further to 12 aircraft
Belarusian airline agrees new lease deal for five factory-fresh E175s and E190s [...]
Zaporizhia Airport to close runway for reconstruction
Of all airlines that are currently using the airport, only one carrier be able to continue operations from the remaining unpaved runway [...]
Estonia’s Nordica first quarter traffic up 17%
Further growth of the Estonian flag carrier is expected [...]
Lithuanian MRO signs up two new European clients
FL Technics lands WOW Air and Corendon Dutch Airlines as new clients [...]
Moscow Cargo to add second terminal in Sheremetyevo in 2020
The cargo facility will be available to all of the airport's airline customers
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Novaport acquires stake in Stavropol Airport
The investor announced intentions to boost the airport's traffic by 70% by 2022 [...]
A third B747-400F for Russia’s Sky Gates
Russian cargo airline to add another B747-400F in the second quarter of 2018 [...]
Private Kazakh airline joins IATA
SCAT is the second Kazakhstan-registered airline to be accepted as a member of the association [...]
Ural Airlines adds to fleet with an Airbus A320
Russia’s fifth largest airline’s all-Airbus fleet grows to 44 aircraft [...]
Qatar Airways to acquire 25 per cent of Russia’s third largest airport
Agreement between the airline and Vnukovo airport signed in Doha [...]
Ukraine’s biggest airline takes delivery of another new B737-800
Ukraine International Airlines progresses with fleet renewal [...]
Russia, Tajikistan waive bilateral restrictions on air connection
Four additional routes between the two countries have been approved for the summer season [...]
Aurora Airlines to get five aircraft for service to Kuril Islands
Purchase of five DHC-6 Twin Otters for Aurora is financed by Sakhalin administration and Aeroflot [...]
NordWind and Pegas Fly to add collectively 20 aircraft
The former carrier ordered widebody airliners, the latter – regional jets. [...]
Domodedovo automates passenger boarding
More than 1.2 million passengers have tested the new equipment in this Moscow airport [...]
UTair Airlines signs for two Boeing 737MAXs
These aircraft for Russian carrier will be leased through Air Lease Corporation [...]
Georgia’s Myway Airlines inaugurates first flight
Chinese-backed Tbilisi-based carrier to begin regular services in May [...]
Russian cargo airline introduces scheduled service at the US airport
Russia's AirBridgeCargo adds Columbus’ freight hub to growing network [...]
Yakutia Airlines abandons operation of Q400
The Russian airline intends to return them to the lessor or sell to another operator. [...]
Kyiv’s second largest airport to boost traffic by 35%
Traffic might further grow if Ukraine and the EU sign an open skies agreement in 2019 [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana introduces summer schedule
The growth in frequencies and new services will see the national carrier serving 30 cities in 21 countries this summer [...]
Hong Kong Airlines to launch service to Moscow
The carrier is readying for the June-July FIFA World Cup, to be hosted in Russia [...]
US provisionally recognizes FATA as aircraft certification body
FATA is recognized as Russia’s plenipotentiary body for the certification of aircraft, designers, and manufacturers of aviation equipment [...]
INSIGHT: DBAC, Moscow’s modest FBO
The Domodedovo Business Aviation Center expects its custom to grow by 30% eventually [...]
Small Planet Airlines set to become Baltic’s largest carrier
Lithuania’s leisure carrier plans to increase its fleet to 28 aircraft, as passenger numbers and revenue grow [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines to lease ex-Air Berlin, Monarch A321s
Fast-growing Russian carrier to add four A320 family aircraft by the end of May [...]
Kazakhstan’s SCAT becomes first in Central Asia to fly 737 MAX
Kazakh private airline took delivery of its first Boeing 737MAX-8 [...]
Lithuanian academy Amikon adds pilot training option
Pilots will have access to a Boeing 737-500 full-flight simulator [...]
Russian airlines’ cargo traffic shrinks for first time in 18 months
But the decrease affected only international traffic, whereas domestic traffic continued to grow. [...]
Aeroflot group’s passengers up 6.1% in January-February
More than seven million passengers carried in the first two months of 2018 [...]
Four narrowbody Airbus jetliners join Russia’s Aeroflot fleet
Russia’s flag carrier has taken delivery of eight new western-built aircraft since the start of the year [...]
Ukraine updates Antonov An-225’s navigation equipment
Antonov's largest aircraft gets rid of Russian components [...]
Aeroflot launches new routes, increases frequencies for summer timetable
The Russian flag carrier’s expanded network will cover 52 domestic and 94 international destinations [...]
Ryanair reveals ambitious plans for Ukraine
Georgia might be next in line [...]
Traffic through Domodedovo continues to slide
Moscow's other two airports fared better in the first two months of the year [...]
Top management changes at Russia’s Volga-Dnepr, Azur Air
Tony Bauckham rejoined the freight operator's global sales center, while Mikhail Kritsky has been relieved of his CEO post at the country's largest charter carrier [...]
Defunct Russian airline revealed as original customer for 42 factory-new narrowbodies
The airliners are now expected to be distributed among other willing customers across the country [...]
Russia’s SSJ100 to expand high latitude envelope
The airliner was tested at the world’s northernmost commercial airport on Spitsbergen [...]
Ural Airlines stays Russia’s A320 utilization leader in 2017
The carrier operates an all-Airbus narrowbody fleet [...]
Ukraine’s new carrier SkyUp orders 737 MAX 10
The yet-to-be-launched airline will become the launch customer for the type in Eastern Europe [...]
Ukraine International Airlines adjusts 2018 fleet expansion plans
The carrier is to phase out three airliners and take delivery of 10 this year [...]
Russian authorities ground Antonov An-148 passenger airliners
The decision comes after a February fatal accident involving one of Saratov Airlines' Ukrainian-made jetliners [...]
GTLK completes delivery of first Russian-built L-410 turboprops
Russian lessor got government aid for the purpose of purchasing the aircraft [...]