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Aeroflot Group has designed a whole new future for its St. Petersburg-based subsidiary [...]
Russia’s LCC Pobeda develops new fleet plan focused around A321neo
Nation’s only budget carrier plans to have 113 large Airbus narrow-bodies by 2028 [...]
Aeroflot airline to reinvent its fleet with Airbus’ new generation aircraft only
Russia’s flag carrier considers to acquire 80 A350s and 94 A320neo family aircraft through 2028 [...]
Russia to re-launch international air travel on August 1
Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania are the first to open borders for Russian travelers [...]
Wizz Air to grow its network in Ukraine to 77 routes
With addition of 14 new routes to Italy the LCC now flies to 15 countries from five Ukrainian airports [...]
Domestic traffic through Russia’s St. Petersburg airport recovers completely
Pulkovo claims to outperform London’s Heathrow, Munich and Oslo in July so far [...]
Aeroflot Group to let one airline go
The move paves the way for Aurora being the backbone of large regional carrier in Russia’s Far East [...]
Aeroflot Group targets 130 million passengers and 590 aircraft by 2028
Group’s general director Vitaly Saveliev showcases the new eight-year strategy [...]
Russian airlines’ June traffic at 22.5 per cent of 2019 level
Privately-run S7 Airlines has remained the country’s largest airline for three months in a row [...]
Insight: Ukraine’s SkyUp expects traffic to reach 2019 levels this year
Young hybrid airline is to add another Boeing 737NG to its 11-strong fleet [...]
Aeroflot expects complete domestic traffic recovery by year end; to add 8 more Superjets
Russia’s flag carrier is also hopeful to regain 80 per cent of international business [...]
Russia extends restrictions on international flights till August
Other countries are in no rush to open borders to Russian travelers either [...]
Red Wings’ transformation into platform for operating Russian-made aircraft launched
Two Superjet 100s receive airline's livery [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose took delivery of its first ATR 72
The airline’s first turboprop is leased from Nordic Aviation Capital [...]
Wizz Air to launch first operational base in Russia
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will operate 11 routes from St. Petersburg starting September [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
Russian passenger traffic in early June triples compared to May
But it is still down six-fold year-on-year [...]
Russia’s air travel market hits bottom in April
Last month turns out the worst for the country’s airlines so far this year [...]
Ukraine International Airlines to resume flight operations in mid-June
Initially, the flag carrier intends to operate 14 aircraft on selected medium-haul international point-to-point flights [...]
Russia’s airlines schedule a significant increase in flight numbers from June
The country’s carriers are counting on the domestic leisure tourism sector to get them off the ground [...]
Aeroflot ready to spin off its Aurora Airlines affiliate
The group is proposing to relinquish its share in the Russian far eastern subsidiary to the administration of Sakhalin [...]
Russia’s Azur Air to launch its own third-party maintenance service provider
It could be the start of a powerful new player in the Russian MRO market [...]
Red Wings instructed to acquire 60 Superjet 100s by 2024
The airline, which is owned by the producer of the Russian commercial jets, has been assigned to buy them [...]
Russian government finally starts allocating subsidy funds to airlines
The US$315 million funds from the governmental reserve are being made through the national aviation authority Rosaviatsiya [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda to resume flights on up to 73 routes
Russia’s only budget airline will be airborne again from June 1 [...]
Kazakhstan’s major airlines resume flights to regional centres
The airlines do not restrict the use of the 'middle seat' or require a COVID-19-negative certificate [...]
Russian government finally allocates bailout strategy for airlines
Having previously declared RUB23.4 billion in state support for the country’s air transport industry, businesses may now receive an additional RUB30 billion [...]
Captain of the crash-landed Superjet 100 gives first public interview, denies the charges
Russia’s prosecutor blames the pilot for the crash ahead of the publication of the Interstate Aviation Committee’s final investigation [...]
Uzbekistan Airways shuts down ticket sales for domestic and international flights until June 30
The central Asian country has decided to extend the current air travel embargo [...]
Aeroflot suggests international services could resume in mid-summer
In an optimistic outlook, Russia’s largest carrier sees July as a possible slow re-start target for international flights [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss reached US$215 million in the first quarter of 2020
Russia’s largest airline group is also predicting a significant degradation in its financial position in the second quarter [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp targets the air cargo business after the quarantine is over
The private leisure airline is turning to a new line of business [...]
Kazakhstan to cautiously re-launch its air transport industry
The country’s domestic air travel market has been in full lockdown for more than a month [...]
Aeroflot to increase its domestic flights in May
Russia’s flag carrier operated fewer domestic flights in April than its private rival S7 Airlines [...]
Russia’s airlines will need US$5 billion in state support, says owner of S7 Airlines
Vladislav Filev insists that a level playing field for all industry participants should take priority over direct state support [...]
Aeroflot given 300 million roubles to sustain its air connections with Kaliningrad
Market suspicions that the Russian government will exclusively support the state-owned flag carrier through the COVID-19 crisis appear to be materialising [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Aeroflot to ‘BB-‘ with negative outlook
The state ownership factor is responsible for a two-notch uplift in Russia’s flag carrier’s rating status [...]
Kazakhstan Bek Air’s operator’s certificate and certificates of airworthiness are withdrawn
The Aviation Administration of the central Asian country says the airline has failed to rectify safety shortcomings [...]
Putin allocates US$310 million of state funds to Russia’s troubled airlines
The sum amounts to less than the country’s airlines’ combined fixed costs in the second quarter of 2020 [...]
Kazakhstan to digitise its civil aviation regulatory management system
Country’s aviation authority has partnered with US and UK-based software specialist to deliver a framework for the digital management of its aviation regulations [...]
Russia’s government commits to protecting airlines from bankruptcy
The country’s minister for economic development, has promised state support for the acutely disrupted air travel industry [...]
Ural Airlines parks a third of its aircraft fleet
Russian carrier’s route network had decreased by more than 50 per cent [...]
Ural Airlines leads the world in utilisation rates for the Airbus A320neo
The Russian airline improved its financial performance five-fold last year [...]
Russian airlines traffic numbers slumped by 26.6 per cent in March
LCC Pobeda was the only one in the top-five to see year-on-year growth in the first month of the Coronavirus crisis [...]
Russia’s combined active wide-body aircraft fleet is slashed six-fold
The enforced aircraft grounding has affected dozens of Russian and foreign lessors [...]
Yakutia Airlines’ Superjet 100s to serve UN missions in Africa
Russian airline wins its first contract with the international peacekeeping organisation [...]
The air transport enterprises deemed ‘strategic’ by the Russian government
The updated version of the list of companies eligible for state support has finally been released [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda launches an anti-crisis survival strategy
Aeroflot group’s budget subsidiary is anticipating substantial losses in the first quarter of 2020 [...]
Russia’s busiest airport closes three of its five passenger terminals
Severely reduced operations have forced Sheremetyevo to scale down [...]
Full lock-down of domestic air travel in Russia is a possibility
The Russian government is considering imposing restrictions on movements within the country [...]