Silk Way Airlines is planning to offer its Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger airliners for operating and financial lease

Silk Way Airlines orders 10 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbodies

The airline is planning to offer the passenger airliners for operating and financial lease[...]
A total of five airports are now operational in Georgia

Airports of Georgia see 43.6% Q1 traffic surge

A new airport opened near the Georgian town of Ambrolauri in the first quarter of 2017[...]
The new simulator will become part of Uzbekistan Airways' aviation training center, currently under development in conjunction with IATA

Uzbekistan Airways receives a Boeing 767 full-flight simulator

The new piece of equipment will complement the carrier's 767 cockpit procedures trainer[...]
Taron-Avia

Armenian carrier Taron-Avia to launch flights to Russia

A Boeing 737 in the carrier's livery has arrived at Armenia's Shirak airport[...]

Ural Airlines traffic grows 22% in March

The carrier is experiencing a load factor increase as passenger figures climb[...]
aeroflot press-release

Aeroflot recognised by SAP for pioneering internal audit management in Russia

Aeroflot has received a special SAP Expanding Horizons award for pioneering SAP’s internal audit management system in Russia.[...]
Aeroflot has a total of 60 737NGs on order

Aeroflot takes delivery of its 24th Boeing 737-800

Another of the airline's factory-new Boeing narrowbodies has arrived at Sheremetyevo[...]
S7 Airlines is planning to take 17 Embraer E170LR regional jets on lease

S7 Airlines net profit tripled in 2016

The Russian airline's main focus is on regional operations, but it also has Boeing 767 widebodies in its fleet[...]
Pobeda Airlines, Russia's only no-frills carrier, will have received the factory-new airliners by spring 2018,

Pobeda Airlines to lease eight more Boeing 737-800s

Russia's only LCC expects to expand its fleet to 30 aircraft by 2019[...]
Uzbekistan Airways and Somon Air will be initially flying between the two countries' capital cities

Uzbekistan Airways resumes flights to Tajikistan

The first direct flight in 25 years carried 29 passengers to Dushanbe[...]
Russian air passenger traffic is growing, and freight traffic is following suit

Russian air passenger traffic up 17.7% in March

The country's airlines served 6.86 million passengers that month[...]
The Kyrgyz government has plans for Osh airport as a potential transit hub

Kyrgyzstan's Osh airport completes terminal expansion

The passenger terminal has seen its throughput capacity increased from 450 to 600 passengers per hour[...]
Ural Airlines intends to expand its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2020

Ural Airlines receives its 40th aircraft

Ural Airlines intends to expand its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2020[...]
aeroflot press-release

Aeroflot Named China’s Favourite International Airline

Aeroflot has been recognised as the Favourite International Airline in China at the Flyer Award Ceremony 2017, held on 11 April in Shanghai.[...]
Russian airlines started to expand their fleets as the passenger demand grows.

INSIGHT: Will Russia’s upgraded aircraft fleet lead to price wars?

Russian airlines started to expand their fleets as the passenger demand grows.[...]


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