Wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the CRAIC CR929 is carried out by TsAGI December 12th, 2019 A series of wind tunnel tests performed in Russia, China and the EU will propel the Sino-Russo wide-body aircraft project to the next development stage [...]
Russian airline IrAero ’s Boeing 777 project comes to another halt December 4th, 2019 Regional airline suspends wide-body services after Chinese partners pull out [...]
Sino-Russian CR929 engineering centre to be located in Russia November 8th, 2019 The future widebody aircraft project will be certificated in Russia first before undergoing its validation in China [...]
Russian airport is first international destination for commercial operations of China’s ARJ21-700 regional jet November 7th, 2019 Vladivostok is the world’s first airport to accept the Comac ARJ21-700 operated by Chengdu Airlines [...]
Russia and China on final approach for a major CR929 milestone September 6th, 2019 Beijing may agree to the registration of an engineering centre located in Russia [...]
Azur Air focuses on inbound China tourism to Russia May 20th, 2019 Russia’s biggest charter carrier develops a new business sector [...]
Russia’s Atran launches new China route in support of Alibaba e-commerce May 20th, 2019 Service provides B737-800BCF cargo capacity between Hangzhou and Riga [...]
Sheremetyevo and Moscow Cargo: new prospects for Chinese airlines, importers April 24th, 2019 SVO is the only airport in Europe to service eight Chinese airlines [...]
Russia not expecting orders for the CRAIC CR929 airliner before 2023 April 19th, 2019 But the project’s Chinese partner says orders may be received this year [...]
Russia’s Atran launches new route from Moscow to Xi’an in China April 17th, 2019 The express freight carrier’s first flight on this new Russia-China route was operated in cooperation with Russian Post [...]
Russia’s Mil Mi-171 helicopter gains China certification April 11th, 2019 The VK-2500-03-powered helicopter is cleared for sales in the Asian country [...]
Russia’s iFly launches flights from Zhukovsky February 22nd, 2019 One of Russia’s fastest growing airlines has launched services to China from Europe’s fastest-growing airport [...]
Estonian company enters the Chinese aircraft cabin interiors market January 31st, 2019 MAC Aero Interiors launches a subsidiary in Sichuan [...]
Cainiao Network (Alibaba) turns to Russian air cargo group as a preferred carrier December 18th, 2018 Volga-Dnepr expands its e-commerce interests by inking MoU with Alibaba Group [...]
Full-size mock-up of Sino-Russian CR929 wide-body debuts in Zhuhai November 9th, 2018 More requests for proposals from suppliers for the wide-body will be issued this year [...]
Russia’s iFly Airlines extends its China connections September 7th, 2018 The leisure carrier to operate 12 routes from Russia to 11 destinations in China before the end of this year [...]
Volga-Dnepr and China’s Henan province endorse their strategic cooperation August 10th, 2018 The parties aim to make a notable contribution to the creation of trans-Siberian air bridge [...]
Russia’s IrAero launches year-round Boeing 777 services to China August 9th, 2018 Irkutsk-based regional carrier diversifies its business [...]
CRAIC identifies potential landing gear suppliers for the Sino-Russian CR929 August 3rd, 2018 Requests for quotations have been sent to suppliers from Russia, China and Europe [...]
Russian regional operator to try its luck on trunk air routes to China June 29th, 2018 To facilitate this, IrAero has taken delivery of its first of a batch of three B777-200s [...]
Chinese airline may buy into Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air June 16th, 2018 Kazakh and Chinese regional airlines sign Memorandum of Understanding [...]
Sino-Russian next-gen CR929 wide-body airliner moves another step forward June 9th, 2018 Russia's UAC and China’s COMAC approve the general layout of CRAIС CR929 aircraft [...]
Fourth Chinese airline launches scheduled flights to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo February 9th, 2018 Sichuan Airlines operates a twice-weekly service to St. Petersburg with an an A330-300 [...]
Russia to direct over $1 billion to PD-35 engine development January 16th, 2018 The program is to benefit from the competence accumulated gained during the PD-14 development effort [...]
Russo-Chinese CR929 program passes critical design review December 26th, 2017 The suppliers are to be selected by mid-2019 [...]
Russo-Chinese widebody airliner given official name September 30th, 2017 The UAC and COMAC say the designation will help them better integrate the future aircraft into their product ranges [...]
UIA to choose between Shanghai, Guangzhou as new destination September 27th, 2017 The Ukrainian carrier is planning to introduce Boeing 777s in 2018 [...]
Russia, China to jointly develop engine for widebody airliner September 23rd, 2017 The powerplant will be a joint development of the two countries [...]
Russo-Chinese joint venture set up to design new widebody May 24th, 2017 The new aircraft is to come in three versions and with two engine options [...]