St. Petersburg authorities ask to grant visa free access only to organized tourist groups

St. Petersburg asks for 72 visa-free hours for air travelers

This measure may boost the passenger traffic of the city’s Pulkovo airport[...]
Contract with Rosneft oil company will keep Saratov Airlines' An-148s busy for five years

Saratov Airlines' An-148s to transport shift oil workers

Contract with Rosneft oil company will keep the airline's An-148s busy for five years[...]
AI-136T delivers 11,500 hp of maximum take-off thrust

Ukraine starts testing improved engine for heavy helicopters

The new AI-136T powerplant can also be suggested for future Chinese heavy helicopter[...]
Tajik Air

Tajik Air’s traffic increases 4.3% in 2016

This result is nevertheless below the peak level of 2014[...]
SiLA made its first flight in Siberia to Abakan

Magadan SiLA airline launched flights in Siberia

Russia's largest An-28 turboprop operator based two of its aircraft in Tomsk[...]
SKOL will use Twin Otters for transporting shifting teams of Rosneft’s subsidiaries to oil rigs

SKOL Airlines confirms delivery of five Twin Otters

These turboprops will be operated in the interest RN-Aerocraft, an aviation subsidiary of Rosneft oil company[...]
The Aeroflot group carried 18.3 million passengers to foreign destinations in 2016

Aeroflot Group traffic grows through international lines

The Russia’s largest airline group carried 18.3 million passengers to foreign destinations in 2016[...]
The program covers repair and exchange of landing gear, and elements of gear extension units

AirBridgeCargo agreed with Boeing for landing gear exchange

The program frees the Russia’s largest carrier of the necessity to purchase components for its Boeing 747-8F fleet[...]
Aeroflot’s first new aircraft this year is an A321 with seating capacity for 186 passengers

Aeroflot rushes into 2017 with a new A321

The new aircraft is fitted with 186 seats in a double-class configuration[...]
Kazakhstan

INSIGHT: Steppe by steppe for Kazakhstan air transport

The country’s government keen to provide support for both local carriers and air transport infrastructure.[...]
aeroflot press-release

Aeroflot passenger traffic up 11.0% in 2016

Aeroflot PJSC announces operating results for Aeroflot Group and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines for December and twelve months of 2016[...]
Aeroflot’s first new aircraft this year is an A321 with seating capacity for 186 passengers

Aeroflot Takes Delivery of New Airbus A321 Y. Lyubimov

Aeroflot has taken delivery of its new A321 aircraft equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets[...]

UIA holds up on Boeing 737 fleet expansion

The Ukrainian flagship carrier strongly tightened requirements for fleet age.[...]
Most airlines will temporarily move operations to Kaunas this year as Vilnius airport will be closed for reconstruction

Lithuanian airports handle record number of passengers

Their traffic increased by 13% last year[...]
aurora airline

Aurora airline received its third Twin Otter aircraft

It became the first leased turboprop of the type[...]


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