June 2016
Grozny Avia may only continue operations until September 6, Cosmos – until August 1 [...]
Ukrainian carrier YanAir receives first Airbus A321
There are no concrete plans to develop YanAir’s fleet any further at this point [...]
Growth of domestic air travel in Russia nears zero
Air travel on domestic routes increased a total of 1.6% in May [...]
Yakutia Airlines outlines terms for investors
The government of Yakutia is ready to sell a part of its share to a Chinese investor, if it helps the airline to dispense of leasing schemes [...]
Domodedovo to expand its terminal for FIFA 2018
Construction of the second terminal building with the area of 235,000 square meters is underway [...]
Air Bishkek’s AOC suspended
The Kyrgyz carrier must demonstrate at least one aircraft with valid airworthiness by September [...]
Russian Government spells out subsidizing rules for regional airliner projects
A likely candidate for government subsidies is the project to assemble L-410 regional turboprops in Yekaterinburg [...]
Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 11.5% in 5M 2016
Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces traffic statistics for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for [...]
Aeroflot announces results of AGM
Aeroflot shareholders elected the new composition of the Board of Directors and adopted decisions on the other agenda items [...]
Volga-Dnepr Gulf expands Air Atlanta Icelandic 747 maintenance
The first aircraft has arrived at the provider's hangar facility in Sharjah, UAE, this week [...]
VIM-Avia receives its first Boeing 737
The airline’s first Boeing 737 has already been painted into VIM colors [...]
Russia and China agree on designing a wide-body
UAC and COMAC have created a 50/50 joint venture, which will be in charge of the new program [...]
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines sign codeshare agreement
Russia’s two largest carriers’ partnership covers 20 routes [...]
Azur Air increases passenger traffic by 16%
The leisure carrier takes ninth place in the ranking of Russian airlines by passenger traffic [...]
“Aviation Professionals 2016” – The 4th International Conference
The conference gathered officials, employers and heads of higher education institutes and training centers to pool the ideas on improving quality of professional aviation specialists’ education and training in Russia. [...]
Building of new terminal approved at Gelendzhik Airport
The new terminal will have a passenger capacity of 314 passengers per hour [...]
Kazakh airline SkyBus given permission to fly within Georgia
SkyBus is likely to be the only airline operating charters on the popular Batumi – Tbilisi route [...]
Zhukovsky Airport won’t be part of Moscow Aviation Cluster
A "misinterpretation" affected the plans of foreign carriers for starting service to Ramenskoye [...]
Over 50% of L-410 components to be replaced with Russian-made products
Russian government wants local content added to the 19-seat turboprops assembled in Yekaterinburg [...]
Air Astana outlines IPO options
The government of Kazakhstan fosters privatization of the national carrier, despite less than favorble conditions on the gobal financial markets [...]
Somon Air gets new leader
The Tajik airline is one of the few carriers in the CIS to be run by an expat top-executive [...]
Aeroflot’s Pobeda rises most in global low-cost and leisure carrier ranking
Pobeda rose 29 places to 71st overall in the Airline Business magazine survey [...]
Rosneft details order for AW189s
Delivery of the first batch of 30 helicopters for the Russian oil company are slated to begin in 2018 [...]
Sheremetyevo only Moscow airport to show growth
In the first five months of 2016, the number of passengers served at Moscow’s Domodedovo and Vnukovo shrank 7% and 24.5%, respectively [...]
Assembly of first MC-21-200 to begin in 2017
Aviastar-SP plans to deliver airframe elements for two prototypes of the aircraft's shortened version to Irkutsk next year [...]
Aurora Airlines parts with Boeing 737
The carrier completely got rid of its 737 aircraft, replacing them with the Airbus A319 [...]
Yakutia Airlines gets its first Q300LR
Unlike the first two Q300s in Yakutia’s fleet, the third one is modified for extended range operations [...]
RDIF and Middle Eastern investors to buy up to 25% of Russian Helicopters
The amount of the deal may reach $600 million [...]
Ukrainian Airlines increase passenger traffic by 15.9%
In the first five months of 2016, Ukrainian airlines carried 2.436 million passengers [...]
Open Sky agreement between the US and Azerbaijan comes into force
The negotiations for liberalizing air connection between the two countries lasted over three years [...]
The Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA) and ATO Events join their efforts on organization of the 9th International Business Aviation Forum
Business aviation forum is the largest event in Russia and CIS devoted to business aviation market development [...]
Yakutia Airlines begins commercial operation of third SSJ 100
Yakutia Airlines received the aircraft from GTLK for a period of 12 years [...]
Volga-Dnepr Gulf approved for Boeing 747 and 737 D-check
The provider now holds an "unabridged" Part 145 certificate for Boeing 747 and 737CL and NG [...]
Rossiya gets yet another Boeing 777
The airline's fleet of wide-bodies is expanding rapidly [...]
Ukraine International Airlines takes delivery of fifth Boeing 737-800
The aircraft features single-class cabin configuration with 186 seats [...]
IrAero and Yakutia Airlines get ex-Red Wings’ SSJ 100s
One year ago Red Wings had plans to expand its fleet of SSJ 100s to ten aircraft [...]
Aeroflot and Dreamlines to partner for cruise booking
Aeroflot and Dreamlines today announced a five-year partnership to provide top-level customer experience in cruise booking for Aeroflot customers and to develop new products together. [...]
CityJet’s Superjet 100 makes first commercial flight
Russian-made aircraft took Irish national football team from Dublin to Paris for participation in the UEFA Cup championship [...]
Rossiya takes delivery of Boeing 777
Several aircraft in Rossiya’s fleet have already received its new brand style livery [...]
Boryspil’s traffic grew 13% in five months
Traffic growth has a positive effect on the airport’s financial results [...]
MC-21 rolled out in Irkutsk
The first prototype will be used for flight testing [...]
Excess of pilots in Russia leads to unemployment
By the end of 2016 there will be more than 3600 unemployed pilots in Russia [...]
Red Wings suspends commercial operation of SSJ 100
Suspension followed a scheduled inspection of base facilities, which revealed non-compliance with the regulative requirements [...]
Boeing training center opens at Skolkovo
The center combines aeronautic research and flight training facilities with two full-flight simulators [...]
Liebherr will supply integrated air management system for An-132D
The contract covers the delivery of the systems for four test aircraft [...]
Third 747F for Belarus’s Transaviaexport
The operator is also restoring air worthiness of its Il-76s and is interested in expanding its fleet [...]
AerCap reclaimed 35 aircraft from Russia in eighteen months
At the beginning of 2015, about 16% of the commercial fleet operated in Russia was leased from AerCap [...]
Russia’s largest carriers increase their market share
Russia's top-5 airlines served 71% of the entire passenger traffic in April [...]
Renovated runway operational at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport
The runway, which has been closed since 1978, is now 3,400 m long and 60 m wide [...]
Aeroflot takes delivery of two more SSJ 100s
Both aircraft - 28th and 29th in the operator's fleet, are leased from Sberbank-Leasing [...]