This year's exhibition in Zhukovsky will feature several never-befores

Ten debutants for this year's MAKS air show

What to look forward to at Russia's premier aerospace exhibition[...]
Orenburzhye is planning to lease three Embraer E190s

Orenburzhye to get subsidies from regional budget

The carrier's fleet includes 10 L-410 turboprops[...]
Red Wings views the A321 as an interim type in its fleet in the run-up to the beginning of Irkut MC-21 deliveries

First Airbus A321 readied for delivery to Red Wings

The aircraft has already been painted in the carrier's livery[...]
Aeroflot's latest delivery is the fourth of the type since late March

One more Boeing 737-800 delivered to Aeroflot

Russia's flagship carrier has taken delivery of four new aircraft within less than a month[...]
aeroflot press-release

Aeroflot Announces Results of Board of Directors Meeting

PJSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: MOEX) announces the results of a meeting of its Board of Directors held on 20 April 2017.[...]
Saratov Airlnes now has four of the type in operation

Saratov Airlines completes An-148 fleet expansion

The last of the carrier's jetliners on order landed at Saratov airport on April 18[...]
Russian Helicopters willl deliver another civilian Mi-171 to Pakistan in 2017

Pakistan receives its first Russian-built civilian Mi-171 helicopter

Several Mi-171Es are operated by the Pakistani Armed Forces[...]
VIM Airlines, which operated no widebody airliners until 2016, has been reporting a passenger traffic growth

VIM Airlines takes delivery of eighth Boeing 777

The first 777 entered service with the airline last year[...]
IrAero Airlines will become Omsk airport's first Superjet MRO customer

Omsk airport to provide Superjet line maintenance to IrAero

Up to now the airline has performed maintenance operations on its SSJ100 fleet independently[...]
The government's initative could see Red Wings Airlines responsible for promoting SSJ 100 airliners across Russia

Russian government has SSJ100 plans for Red Wings

The carrier is viewed as a possible base for promoting the type to Russia's regions[...]
Russia's second largest carrier S7 Airlines is to relaunch its Siberian hub at Novosibirsk

INSIGHT: S7 returns to Siberia

Russia's second largest carrier S7 Airlines is to relaunch its Siberian hub at Novosibirsk[...]
Odessa airport is mulling a new runway but has no budget for it at the moment

New terminal launched at Odesa airport

The facility will serve 3 million passengers annually[...]
S7 Airlines is rebranding and looking to expand its domestic presence with Brasilian regional jetliners

S7 Airlines to lease E170LRs with extra seats

All of the carrier's Embraers will seat more passengers in coach[...]
aeroflot press-release

Aeroflot named strongest brand in Russia

Aeroflot has been named the strongest brand in Russia by Brand Finance, the world's leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy, which earlier this[...]
Yamal Airlines has since been deleted from the government program to subsidize operations to Crimea

Yamal Airlines posts sevenfold profit growth for 2016

The record figure was partially due to government subsidies[...]


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