Yakutia has four Boeing 737-800s in its fleet

Yakutia Airlines trusts Turkish provider with Boeing 737 APU maintenance

The Russian carrier now operates four aircraft of the type[...]
Nordica

Nordica becomes Tallinn’s busiest airline

The state-owned operator serviced more than 18% of the regular passenger traffic the Estonian capital’s gateway[...]
Boeing 747 crashed in the village near Manas airport, killing more than 30 people.

Turkish cargo Boeing 747 crashes near Bishkek

The aircraft crashed in nearby village, damaging 15 houses and killing more than 30 people.[...]
Russia international air travel

Russian airlines show a decline in passengers in 2016

Aviation authorities expect the country’s air transport industry to return to growth in 2017[...]
Half of Interjet’s SSJ 100 fleet was grounded due to defects in stabilizer attachment unit

Interjet returns all Superjet 100s into operations

Half of the airline’s fleet of the type was grounded due to defects in stabilizer attachment unit[...]
Ukrainian airlines served 8.3 million passengers in 2016

International traffic helped Ukrainian airlines to beat their record

The country’s airlines exceeded the pre-crisis level in number of passengers[...]
Aeroflot is still expecting delivery of 14 Airbus A350-900s

Aeroflot disappears from Airbus A350-800 customer list

But Russia's flagship carrier keeps order for larger A350-900 variant[...]
Passenger terminal at Sevastopol Belbek Airport, spring 2016

INSIGHT: A second civil airport for Crimea?

Combination of private and federal investment funds can help to develop the civilian part of Belbek Airport near Sevastopol[...]
Last year Pobeda focused on developing its international route network

Pobeda exceeds 2016 traffic targets

Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary carried 4.3 million passengers, up 38.7% from 2015[...]
UTair carried 18% more passengers in 2016 than in the previous year - Russian Aviation News

UTair expects to maintain the upward trend

The Russian carrier plans to increase revenues in both the aircraft and helicopter segments[...]
Leonardo remains the Superjet 100 program’s partner

Italian Leonardo quits Sukhoi Civil Aircraft

Nevertheless, it remains the Superjet 100 program’s partner that supports the aircraft certification and sales in the Western world.[...]
In the second half of the year traffic growth in Georgian airports picked up

Traffic through Georgian airports grow 25.7% in 2016

They handled a total of 2.841 million passengers last year[...]
The new law is expected to help to increase annual production of Antonov aircraft by five to eight airframes until 2025

Ukraine to introduce import duties on regional aircraft

This measure is expected to support national aircraft industry[...]
The largest share of traffic that traveled through Azerbaijan capital used international service

Baku Airport serves by 8.7% passengers more in 2016

83.5% of traffic was generated by international service[...]
Aurora Airlines

Aurora completes expansion of its Bombardier Q400 fleet

Russian regional carrier takes delivery of the fifth turboprop of the type[...]


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