INSIGHT: Overhaul for Russia’s aircraft maintenance industry

Tumbling ruble and cheap labor costs motivates Russian providers to localize more maintenance services[...]
Sheremetyevo Airport's Terminal C currently handles the passengers of Russian carriers’ international charters (Photo by Leonid Faerberg / Transport-Photo.com)

Sheremetyevo Terminal C to triple capacity

A massive reconstruction project will cost $80 million and will be completed in 2018[...]
S7 Engineering

Gazprom Avia trusts Engineering Holding with SSJ 100 maintenance

This airline become the third client for SSJ 100 maintenance for Engineering.[...]
Sheremetyevo continues to demonstrate traffic growth (Photo by Leonid Faerberg / transport-photo.com)

Sheremetyevo maintains growth in the middle of stagnation

Two other Moscow airports, Domodedovo and Vnukovo, still see their traffic sliding, albeit at a slower rate[...]
Interjet now operates 22 SSJ 100 under financial lease (Photo by SuperJet International)

Interjet asks for SSJ 100 residual value guarantee

Mexican carrier wants to reduce expenses for the lease of the Russian regional jets[...]
The fourth SSJ 100 in Yakutia's fleet is fitted out in the long-range version

Yakutia receives a fourth Superjet 100

The new regional jet is leased from Russian GTLK company for a period of 12 years[...]
One of the two carriers is Kazan-based UVT Aero, which will operate Bombardier CRJ200

First Russian carriers to come to Zhukovsky airport

They will join Belarus-based Belavia, which has been operating flights from newly opened airport near Moscow since September[...]

Embraer E-Jets got first Russian order

The country’s second largest carrier placed an order for 17 aircraft of the type[...]
Armenian air transport

INSIGHT: Armenian air transport re-emerges

The emergent Caucasus nation has seen some dramatic changes to its air transport landscape[...]
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft will get more than 70 SaM146 engines for ssj100 next year

Production of engines for SSJ 100 to grow in 2017

The production rate will be increased from 50 to over 70 powerplants per year[...]
Rossiya is expected to get 20 SSJ 100s through 2021 (Photo by Leonid Faerberg / transport-photo.com)

Rossiya Airlines to receive Superjet 100s

Its parent Aeroflot will give it 20 jets of the type from its additional order[...]
TAP Portugal and Russia’s Ural Airlines operate on Moscow - Lisbon route today (Photo by Fyodor Borisov / Transport-Photo.com)

Second carriers may be added on Russia - Portugal routes

The ultimate frequency on Moscow - Lisbon route was increased to 14 weekly flights from each side[...]
Pobeda is to receive five new Boeing 737-800 airliners (Photo by Leonid Faerberg / Transport-Photo.com)

Pobeda Airlines to start fleet expansion in a year

The Russian low-cost carrier plans to add five more Boeing 737-800s[...]
wings of the future forum

Wings of the Future forum to discuss the future of aviation

The new revision of the Wings of Russia event will bring together the industry’s professionals from all over the world in Moscow on November 1-2[...]
The new list of Ukraine sanctions includes Russian major aerospace manufacturers as well as a number of airlines

Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian aerospace industry

The new list includes Russian major aerospace manufacturers as well as a number of airlines[...]


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