Air Transport
The airport resumes 24-hour operation after completing restoration of a 900-m runway section [...]
Aeroflot allows use of electronic devices on take-off and landing
Although devices may be left on during take-off and landing, they must be switched to 'flight' mode [...]
Pobeda climbs up in global ranking
Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary carried carried 1.6 million passengers in January-May 2016 [...]
Air Astana connects Iran and China with transit flight
Kazakhstan's flagship carrier is launching flights from Astana to Tehran, offering connections to China [...]
Arktika’s Arctic ambitions
The carrier's strategy involves taking part in the development of the Northwest Passage, as well as fostering eco tourism development [...]
Putin orders to restore charter flights to Turkey
Before the ban, about 5.5 million people flew between the two countries in 2015 [...]
FATA imposes restrictions on AOCs of two Russian carriers
Grozny Avia may only continue operations until September 6, Cosmos – until August 1 [...]
Ukrainian carrier YanAir receives first Airbus A321
There are no concrete plans to develop YanAir’s fleet any further at this point [...]
Growth of domestic air travel in Russia nears zero
Air travel on domestic routes increased a total of 1.6% in May [...]
Yakutia Airlines outlines terms for investors
The government of Yakutia is ready to sell a part of its share to a Chinese investor, if it helps the airline to dispense of leasing schemes [...]
Domodedovo to expand its terminal for FIFA 2018
Construction of the second terminal building with the area of 235,000 square meters is underway [...]
Air Bishkek’s AOC suspended
The Kyrgyz carrier must demonstrate at least one aircraft with valid airworthiness by September [...]
Volga-Dnepr Gulf expands Air Atlanta Icelandic 747 maintenance
The first aircraft has arrived at the provider's hangar facility in Sharjah, UAE, this week [...]
VIM-Avia receives its first Boeing 737
The airline’s first Boeing 737 has already been painted into VIM colors [...]
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines sign codeshare agreement
Russia’s two largest carriers’ partnership covers 20 routes [...]
Azur Air increases passenger traffic by 16%
The leisure carrier takes ninth place in the ranking of Russian airlines by passenger traffic [...]
Building of new terminal approved at Gelendzhik Airport
The new terminal will have a passenger capacity of 314 passengers per hour [...]
Kazakh airline SkyBus given permission to fly within Georgia
SkyBus is likely to be the only airline operating charters on the popular Batumi – Tbilisi route [...]
Zhukovsky Airport won’t be part of Moscow Aviation Cluster
A "misinterpretation" affected the plans of foreign carriers for starting service to Ramenskoye [...]
Air Astana outlines IPO options
The government of Kazakhstan fosters privatization of the national carrier, despite less than favorble conditions on the gobal financial markets [...]
Somon Air gets new leader
The Tajik airline is one of the few carriers in the CIS to be run by an expat top-executive [...]
Sheremetyevo only Moscow airport to show growth
In the first five months of 2016, the number of passengers served at Moscow’s Domodedovo and Vnukovo shrank 7% and 24.5%, respectively [...]
Aurora Airlines parts with Boeing 737
The carrier completely got rid of its 737 aircraft, replacing them with the Airbus A319 [...]
Yakutia Airlines gets its first Q300LR
Unlike the first two Q300s in Yakutia’s fleet, the third one is modified for extended range operations [...]
Ukrainian Airlines increase passenger traffic by 15.9%
In the first five months of 2016, Ukrainian airlines carried 2.436 million passengers [...]
Open Sky agreement between the US and Azerbaijan comes into force
The negotiations for liberalizing air connection between the two countries lasted over three years [...]
Yakutia Airlines begins commercial operation of third SSJ 100
Yakutia Airlines received the aircraft from GTLK for a period of 12 years [...]
Rossiya gets yet another Boeing 777
The airline's fleet of wide-bodies is expanding rapidly [...]
Ukraine International Airlines takes delivery of fifth Boeing 737-800
The aircraft features single-class cabin configuration with 186 seats [...]
IrAero and Yakutia Airlines get ex-Red Wings’ SSJ 100s
One year ago Red Wings had plans to expand its fleet of SSJ 100s to ten aircraft [...]
Rossiya takes delivery of Boeing 777
Several aircraft in Rossiya’s fleet have already received its new brand style livery [...]
Boryspil’s traffic grew 13% in five months
Traffic growth has a positive effect on the airport’s financial results [...]
Excess of pilots in Russia leads to unemployment
By the end of 2016 there will be more than 3600 unemployed pilots in Russia [...]
Red Wings suspends commercial operation of SSJ 100
Suspension followed a scheduled inspection of base facilities, which revealed non-compliance with the regulative requirements [...]
Boeing training center opens at Skolkovo
The center combines aeronautic research and flight training facilities with two full-flight simulators [...]
Third 747F for Belarus’s Transaviaexport
The operator is also restoring air worthiness of its Il-76s and is interested in expanding its fleet [...]
AerCap reclaimed 35 aircraft from Russia in eighteen months
At the beginning of 2015, about 16% of the commercial fleet operated in Russia was leased from AerCap [...]
Russia’s largest carriers increase their market share
Russia's top-5 airlines served 71% of the entire passenger traffic in April [...]
Renovated runway operational at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport
The runway, which has been closed since 1978, is now 3,400 m long and 60 m wide [...]
Aeroflot takes delivery of two more SSJ 100s
Both aircraft - 28th and 29th in the operator's fleet, are leased from Sberbank-Leasing [...]
Sky Gates Airlines to enter market this year
The start-up cargo carrier will operate Boeing 747s [...]
The Engineering Holding paints Rossiya’s aircraft into new livery
Rossiya expects to have its entire fleet repainted into new corporate style by 2017, some of this work may be done in Russia [...]
Tajik Air: new CEO to the rescue
To save Tajik flag carrier from further losses the country's president decides to merge it with relatively successful Dushanbe Airport into a single holding company [...]
Sheremetyevo Airport stretches the lead over its Moscow competitors
Unlike Domodedovo and Vnukovo, passenger traffic at Sheremetyevo Airport increased both on domestic and international routes [...]
S7 Airlines expands its Airbus A321 fleet
Russia’s second largest carrier operates six А321s, plans to replace the fleet with NEOs [...]
Zhukovsky Airport to serve first flight in June
Located to the south-west of the Russian capital, Ramenskoye Airfield at Zhukovsky is intending to become Moscow’s fourth passenger airport [...]
Yakutia and Polar Airlines to merge by September
Yakutia Airlines will receive 100% of Polar Airlines' assets. Both carriers, controlled by the government of Yakutia, will retain their legal entities [...]
AeroGeo becomes Twin Otter authorized maintenance center
Other Russian operators of the type will benefit from the maintenance station in the region [...]
Yakutia’s Superjet experience
Far-Eastern carrier is looking to expand its SSJ 100 fleet [...]
Ural Airlines increases its A321 fleet to 11 aircraft
The Yekaterinburg-based carrier leased the A321 from the Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital [...]