First of two Boeing 787s painted for Uzbekistan Airways
Uzbekistan's national carrier is gearing up to start operating 787 in Q3 this year [...]
Air Transport
New terminal design approved for Saransk Airport
The airport in the capital of Mordovia Republic is speeding reconstruction process in advance of the FIFA 2018 [...]
Russia’s IFC reduces its order for CS300
The leasing company, which remains the only Russian customer for the CSeries, has reduced its firm order from 32 to 20 aircraft shortly before its entry into service [...]
Nordavia reports 41% traffic growth
Russian regional airline has taken over routes formerly operated by its sister airline Red Wings, after the latter parted with its SSJ 100s [...]
Onur Air restores regular flights to Sheremetyevo
The Turkish carrier is resuming service to Moscow after a brief suspension [...]
Passenger traffic through Baku Airport grows by 27%
Major growth was experienced on international routes [...]
UIA receives third aircraft in three weeks
Ukraine International Airlines is on track with its fleet expansion strategy [...]
Traffic through Novosibirsk grows 5%
Home to S7 Airlines, the airport served 1.66 million passengers demonstrating an upward trend compared to last year [...]
UTair’s losses decrease by half
Russia's fourth largest carrier posted the net loss of $28.515 million at the end of the first half year 2016, a 46% YOY improvement [...]
Russian airlines lose passengers to railway
Cost is becoming a priority over the duration of the trip for Russian travelers [...]
Aeroflot climbs back to profitability
At the end of the first half of 2016 Russia's flagship carrier posted 8 billion rubles ($121.4M) net profit [...]
Magnetic MRO increases presence in Europe
Estonian MRO provider has launched operation at five line-maintenance locations in Italy, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland and Sweden and a warehouse in London Gatwick [...]
Fraport sells a share in Pulkovo Airport to Qatar investor
Qatar Investment Authority is buying 10.5% in the airport’s operator for 30-40 million euro [...]
Ukraine International Airlines receives iIts 38th aircraft
Ukraine's flagship carrier has refreshed its fleet with another Boeing 737-800 [...]
Armenia Airlines starts flying
The new carrier replaces Air Armenia, which left the market in October 2014 following introduction of the open skies regime [...]
Airports in Kyrgyzstan served over 1.3M passengers in six months
Bishkek and Osh are accountable for almost 100% of all traffic served by the seven of the country’s airports [...]
Three Russian airlines intend to fly from Zhukovsky
VIM-Avia, Ural Airlines and Yamal have asked for slots for flights to Europe, Israel and China from the newly opened airport near Moscow [...]
Russian commercial aviation market shrank slower in June
Compared to May results, traffic in June demonstrated softer decline [...]
Demand for airline pilots in Russia to reach 22K by 2035
This year Boeing’s forecast of the region’s demand for airline pilots exceeds last year’s estimate by almost 30% [...]
IrAero starts commercial operation of SSJ 100
The Russian regional carrier has been waiting to launch operations of the type for nearly a month due to bureaucratic hurdles [...]
Aeroflot’s traffic continues climb at a slower rate
Russia's largest airline reamains way ahead of the market, which is experiencing a deep crisis [...]
S7 and Ural Airlines show growth
Despite the general fall in the Russian air transport market, the amount of passengers carried aboard two major Russian airlines has continued to show growth [...]
Ukraine International Airlines receives factory-new Boeing 737
The Boeing 737-800 becomes the first aircraft delivered straight from the OEM in the last three years [...]
Air Astana goes below red line again
At the end of the first half-year the airline's net loss reached $6.6 million [...]
Russia’s largest airports report half-year statistics
Results of passenger traffic greatly vary depending on the region [...]
VIM-Avia starts operating three wide-bodies
Two Boeing 777s and a Boeing 767 have entered commercial service with the Russian carrier [...]
Heliports of Russia approved for commercial passenger service
The company owns a network of helipads and operates a Robinson R66 and an Airbus Helicopters H130 [...]
Aeroflot renewed agreement with Travelport
The Russian carrier will continue to utilise Travelport’s innovative airline merchandising technology [...]
INSIGHT: Why Russian carriers curtail business-class
The ongoing economic downturn is taking its toll on the airlines' most profitable segment [...]
Russia’s iFly expands fleet to avoid AOC cancellation
The carrier recieved an Airbus A330-300 and is expecting a Boeing 757-200 [...]
Traffic growth rate at Minsk Airport slows
The airport in the capital of Belarus still demonstrate double-digit growth [...]
Passenger traffic at Ukrainian airports increases by 13%
The steep dive in traffic numbers last year has given way to a dynamic climb in the first half of 2016 [...]
Traffic growth rates climb at airports in Georgia
Batumi Airport with 47.1% YOY growth has become Georgia’s leader [...]
Boeing to help Pobeda save on fuel
Boeing Fuel Dashboard solution is expected to save the Russian low-cost carrier up to 5% of fuel costs [...]
Aeroflot to sign firm contract for 20 SSJ100s before year-end
SCAC is working with leasing companies to finance the transaction [...]
Volga-Dnepr confirms intentions to purchase 20 Boeing 747s
The deal with Volga-Dnepr Group will support Boeing 747 program [...]
Silk Way Airlines signs agreement with IFC for An-124
A hard contract is expected to be signed within the next thirty days [...]
Russian carriers performance continues downward trend
Shrinking demand and mounting costs result in 24 billion rubles operating losses in Q1 2016 [...]
Red Wings to sublease Tu-214s from Transaero and Aviastar-TU
Although Transaero ceased operations as an airline, the legal entity still exists [...]
Aeroflot CEO warns against the airline’s hasty privatization
Vitaliy Saveliev told the Financial Times why privatization of the airline is currently unreasonable [...]
Rossiya Airlines receives fourth 747
All 747s in the carrier's fleet were formerly operated by Transaero [...]
Karaganda cargo terminal declared secure by EASA
The airport is the first in Kazakhstan to have passed the EASA RA3 validation procedure [...]
Kyiv’s Boryspil reports record growth in passenger traffic
In the first half of 2016 Ukraine's largest airport serviced 3.64 million people, showing record growth rates in the last four years [...]
S7’s Cypriot subsidiary to fly under Cyprus Airways brand
Charlie Airlines, co-founded by owners of S7 Group, has paid the Cypriot government for the right to use the brand name of the country's defunct national carrier [...]
Novaport aquires two more Russian airports
Russian airport management holding buys 100% of Kaliningrad’s and 60% of Mineralnye Vody airports from its former competitor Aeroinvest [...]
Pobeda carries 2 million passengers so far this year
Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary has reached the traffic milestone two months earlier than in 2015 [...]
Gazprom Avia ceases operations of Tu-154M
Now that the Russian carrier has phased out the last of its Tu-154Ms, utilization rates of its SSJ 100 fleet are expected to grow [...]
Investors sought for Air Kyrgyzstan
Air Kyrgyzstan's potential investor will have to shell out a hefty sum for breaking into the local air transport market with its annual 4 million passengers [...]
Aeroflot expands codeshare with China Southern Airlines
China is becoming Russia's premiere source of international traffic [...]
INSIGHT: Ukrainian domestic air travel market on a slow climb
Domestic market remains largely unappealing to local carriers [...]