Russian airlines

January proves better than December for Russia’s airlines

Total traffic was 38 per cent down Y-on-Y, private S7 Airlines still leads the market[...]
Kazakhstan SCAT Boeing 737 MAX

Kazakhstan to complete Boeing 737 MAX airworthiness assessment in February

Central Asian country’s only type operator SCAT is gearing up for test flights this week[...]

Russia's best performing airline lost only 2.7% of its traffic in 2020

Thanks to large domestic market, Russian carriers cope with the coronavirus crisis better than other regions[...]

2020 first year without traffic growth for Russia's LCC Pobeda Airlines

However, Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary reports $19 mln net profits for the crisis year[...]

Russian airlines’ passenger traffic down 46 per cent in 2020

Aeroflot remained the country’s largest carrier last year[...]
S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines retained leadership of the Russian air travel market for 9 months in 2020

none of Russia’s largest airlines managed to improve its December 2019 results[...]

Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan targets to double traffic this year

Air Astana’s LCC division FlyArystan proceeds on its expansion path with plans to add more aircraft and launch new routes[...]

Red Wings to double fleet in 2021 by adding SSJ100s, A320s and B777s

The Russian airline plans to bring in the total of 20 aircraft this year despite prolongued crisis[...]
Russian airlines' traffic

Russian airlines' traffic down 48 per cent in November

Compared to October, the decline in traffic numbers has aggravated[...]
russian airlines in september

Six Russian airlines demonstrate improved operational results in September

Russia’s domestic air travel grows 6.8 per cent year-on-year[...]
VRT500

Russian Helicopters’ subsidiary bought Italian aircraft designer

VR-Technologies needs Vertex Aero to achieve European certification of its VRT500 light rotorcraft[...]
LCC Pobeda

LCC Pobeda accounted for 35% of Aeroflot group’s total domestic traffic in September

The budget carrier is riding the wave of Russian air travel market recovery[...]
FlyArystan A320

Kazakh LCC FlyArystan's fleet grows to seven aircraft

Air Astana’s low-cost division continues expansion[...]
Russian airlines

Russian airlines' passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September

This is the best result since April for the local industry[...]
Ural Airlines A321

Russia’s Ural Airlines takes another Airbus A321

The private carrier is to take two more of the type before the end of the year[...]


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