2016
The Russian largest cargo airline will start phasing out Boeing 747-400Fs in 2018 [...]
Experts forecast growth for Russian air travel market
The share of Internet sales will soon exceed the share of traditional off-line distribution channels [...]
Air Moldova expands fleet with another Embraer E190LR
The newly received aircraft should enable the Moldovan airline to launch flights to new destinations [...]
Magnetic MRO to provide Air Astana with emergency slide maintenance
The Estonian company began offering maintenance on the slides two years ago as a part of a strategy to attract new clients. [...]
Sukhoi returns to Superjet 100 maintenance market
New FAP-285 certificate allows the manufacturer to perform any kind of line and base maintenance of SSJ 100 at its base in Zhukovsky, near Moscow [...]
Tallinn airport extends runway
One of the goals of the runway reconstruction is to make the Estonian airport compatible for heavy and oversized cargo operations. [...]
Ural Airlines to receive four aircraft in 2017
The Russian carrier will expand its all Airbus fleet with four A320s [...]
S7 to receive first A320neo in spring
The Russian airline placed a firm order for three Airbus A321neos and a commitment for two A320neos [...]
China to launch licensed production of Beriev Be-103 seaplanes
The light piston engine amphibian is to be upgraded before the productions starts in China [...]
Astana Air to open hangar at Astana airport
It will boost maintenance capabilities of the Kazakh carrier and enables to attract third party orders. [...]
Domodedovo and Vnukovo airport traffic stops sliding
In October Vnukovo handled 6.3% more passengers than last year, Domodedovo results remain roughly level [...]
Volga-Dnepr and Antonov Airlines end An-124 joint venture
Both airlines will continue to work under SALIS project with individual contracts [...]
Bizav hangar opened at Yekaterinburg airport
The new facility has enough space to fit four business jets [...]
INSIGHT: Lessors knocked back by Russia’s risky aircraft business
Russian leasing companies finds ways to re-market the fleet of the collapsed second largest customer Transaero Airlines. [...]
Interjet fails to re-negotiate SSJ 100 lease
But instead, the Mexican operator agreed to expand maintenance and training capabilities [...]
Passenger demand catapults Ural and S7 profits
Such success is a direct result of growing concentration on Russia’s air transport market after Transaero’s demise [...]
Riga airport expands transit zone
The new segment will enable to increase airport’s capacity up to 10 million passengers in a year [...]
Traffic through Zhulyany Airport spikes 60% in October
The most of passenger traffic are international travelers [...]
UTair to service Boeing 737s in Sharjah
The heavy maintenance for five aircraft will be provided by the UAE subsidiary of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group [...]
Sukhoi ramps up SSJ 100 deliveries
The Russian manufacturer has delivered 16 SSJ 100 aircraft since the beginning of the year [...]
Aeroflot and Technoserv win CNews IT award for data processing centre of the year
Aeroflot has been awarded a prestigious CNews IT Award for Data Processing Centre (DPC) of the Year, for the setup of its modular DPC.
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MC-21 prototype reaches power on stage
The new Russian aircraft is being prepared for the maiden flight. [...]
Superjet 100 gets the convertible cabin
The first such aircraft is expected to be delivered to Yamal Airlines [...]
Aeroflot launches regular flights to London Gatwick
Flights will be operated daily on comfortable modern Airbus A320 aircraft [...]
Business 30% up at high-flying AirBridgeCargo
The Russian carrier focuses on fleet flexibility, the building and nurturing of customer relationships and the proliferation of its global network [...]
Double-deck trains to deliver passengers to Moscow airports
The first train to start operations in December [...]
Pskovavia and Arktika airlines’ AOCs restricted
Russian authorities set a time limit to the certificates of two regional airlines [...]
Saratov Airlines receives first An-148
These regional jets will replace the ageing Yak-42D in the carrier's fleet [...]
New player enters the Russian aircraft leasing market
Gazprombank Leasing plans to deal initially with Western-built aircraft offers [...]
Qazaq Air to receive two Bombardier Q400NG next spring
Kazakhstan regional airline expands its operations on the domestic routes [...]
Pulkovo to add a temporary terminal for FIFA World Cup 2018
It will be located in a refitted garage for snow cleaning vehicles. [...]
Russian carriers are asked to consider more flights to Kaliningrad
FATA believes that the airlines did not take full advantage of state subsidies on routes to the Russian exclave [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic climbs once again
But it’s not clear whether the October results can be a reverse of the this year stagnation [...]
INSIGHT: Re-branded Belavia aims to put Belarus on the map
The airline made a leap to develop transit traffic through Minsk [...]
S7 repainted first A319 into Cyprus Airways livery
The aircraft is one of the two of the type to be contributed to the renovated airline by its co-founder S7 Group [...]
Domodedovo introduces new charges for ground infrastructure
They are aimed at relieving the financial burden of airlines [...]
Yerevan airport shows 10% passenger flow growth acceleration
Top Armenian airport served 1.748 million passengers in January-October [...]
Ukrainian passenger traffic grows 27.5%
The local airlines served a total of 6.946 million passengers in January-October 2016 [...]
Ukraine International Airlines borrows an A330 from WindRose
The aircraft will be operated on flights to Bangkok and Tel-Aviv [...]
Kronstadt Group delivers a Boeing 737-800 FFS
The Russian producer has delivered another full-flight simulator to St Petersburg University of Civil Aviation [...]
Concession agreement suggested for new airport in Saratov
Unless introduced, the financial instrument will force the airport rates to skyrocket [...]
Air Astana receives its first A320neo
Kazakhstan carrier became the first operator of the type in the CIS region [...]
Nordica dumps Adria Airways for LOT
Nordica's preference of the Polish carrier might be explained its strong market positions in Central and Eastern Europe [...]
Aeroflot named world’s second-best airline by National Geographic Traveller
Aeroflot has been voted second-best airline globally and undisputed leader of the Russian market by Russian readers of National Geographic Traveller [...]
Boryspil’s traffic grows 20% in October
One of the main growth drivers is the surge in the number of transit passengers [...]
Somon Air trains its own instructor pilots
They have been trained with assistance of Delta Air Lines [...]
Uzbekistan Airways to get three Boeing 787-9s
The Uzbek airline has been ordering the new wide-body aircraft as a part of a program to expand and unify its fleet [...]
Kazakhstan to create a cargo airline
This task is assigned to the national carrier Air Astana together with the state logistics operator Kazakhstan Railway [...]
UTair climbs out of red ink
Russia’s fourth largest airline posted the net profit of $32.63 million in January-September 2016 [...]
Aeroflot gets an A321 with increased seat capacity
This aircraft was previously operated by the airline’s major rival – Transaero [...]