Open skies mulled for Ulan-Ude
No specific date has been announced for the introduction of an open skies regime at Baikal Airport [...]
August 2017
Aeroflot Deputy CEO Giorgio Callegari awarded Italy’s highest civil honour
Aeroflot’s Deputy CEO for Strategy and Alliances, Giorgio Callegari, has been made a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. [...]
Aeroflot announces results of Board of Directors meeting
PJSC Aeroflot (MOEX ticker: AFLT) announces the results of the meeting of the Board of Directors held on August 31, 2017. [...]
Nordwind Airlines to receive two Boeing 777-300ERs
Russian carrier currently operates four Boeing 777-200 widebodies [...]
Aeroflot Group blames fuel prices for poor EBITDA
The group's fuel expenses spiked 25.5% in the first half of 2017 [...]
Russian Helicopters posts 9% revenue growth for H1 2017
The company reported an increase in profit in the sales and R&D segments [...]
Traffic growth through Vnukovo, Domodedovo slows
Albeit at a slower pace, Vnukovo remains the fastest growing of Moscow's three main airports [...]
S7 Group sells 10% in subsidiary airline
The carrier remains privately owned [...]
AEROFLOT ANNOUNCES 6M 2017 IFRS FINANCIAL RESULTS
Aeroflot Group (“the Group”, Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today publishes its condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2017, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. [...]
Georgian Airways takes delivery of two E190s
Both airliners were built some 10 years ago [...]
Cypriot Cobalt Air to lauch flights to Moscow before year-end
Unlike the carrier's other destinations, the Moscow traffic remains big all year round [...]
AirBridgeCargo boosts volumes by 16% in H1
Growth has been driven by the operator's activity in Asia Pacific and a focus on the pharmaceutical market [...]
Russian military becomes launch customer for Mi-38
The Defense Ministry will receive the Mi-38T specialized version [...]
Russian startup leases single Yak-40 for regional services
Ayana Airlines is wet-leasing the aircraft to offer interregional travel from Tuva [...]
UTair partners with IT parts locator Locatory.com
The airline joins the growing ranks of Russian companies who use the site [...]
Aeroflot’s passenger traffic growth accelerates
The growth rate was at its maximum in July [...]
Saratov Airlines to double its Embraer E195 fleet
The airline will take delivery of two more Brazilian regional jetliners in the first quarter of 2018 [...]
Boryspil forecasts passenger numbers to double in five years
The airport is planning to invest $400 million in infrastructure [...]
Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air growing faster than industry average
The airline is now selling almost 50% of its tickets online [...]
Aeroflot Group to acquire six new Boeing 777s
Russia's largest carrier Aeroflot currently has 16 777-300ERs in its fleet [...]
Technodinamika to offer CFM56 maintenance
There are 520 CFM56 engines in operation with Russian airlines [...]
Another Airbus A321 enters service with Aeroflot
The new aircraft is the carrier's 37th of the type [...]
Azur Air receives its fifth Boeing 737-800
The airliner was previously operated by Air China [...]
Army 2017: Russian missile manufacturer has confidence in the future
TMC Director General Boris Obnosov told about the recently developed products and those being under development now. [...]
Army 2017: The invincible Chaika debuts at Army 2017
It is capable of reaching the speed of up to 450 km/h. [...]
Army 2017: Russian Navy to replace foreign-built engines
As part of the program UEC-Saturn is working on three projects [...]
Army 2017: Russian Armed Forces get new weapons
The level of modern weapons and equipment of the Russian military has reached a 58.8% [...]
Army 2017: Flight tests of Su-57’s new engine to begin this year
The new engine, known as Item 30, has been designed from scratch [...]
Aeroflot Group Passenger Traffic Up 20.3% In July 2017
Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for July and the first seven months of 2017 [...]
INSIGHT: Nordwind Airlines aiming high
The airline is expanding fleet, switching its charter services to regular, and rebranding in order to retain passenger loyalty [...]
INSIGHT: Russian sales bring Aircraft Industries back to life
The manufacturer is planning to start selling a new version of trhe L-140 turboprop soon [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines received AOC
The carrier might increase its all-SSJ100 fleet to 16 airframes in the future [...]
SCAC says delivered six Superjets in H1 2017
Yamal Airlines was one of the carriers that put SSJ100 aircraft into revenue service this year [...]
Mil Mi-171A2 certified in Russia
The helicopter's baseline version has been approved for transporting cargo and passengers [...]
Saratov Airlines receives its sixth Antonov An-148
Until it enters service in 2018, the airliner will be used as a parts donor for the carrier's other examples of the type [...]
Putin orders waiving VAT on fares to Kaliningrad
A 10% value-added tax currently applies on all routes inside Russia, for the exception of those to annexed Crimea [...]
Kazakh airlines report passenger traffic spike
The growth should be further helped by Expo 2017, which is currently on in Astana [...]
Common open airspace mulled for EAEU
The common airspace is to become operational in 2020 [...]
Jet Expo 2017 selects Show Observer as its official show daily
Jet Expo has long been using the publishing house's services [...]
Antonov planning to build 70 aircraft in five years
The Ukrainian planemaker is asking the government for subsidies to fund its ambitious production plans [...]
Third SSJ100 delivered to Azimuth Airlines
The aircraft was previously operated by Yamal Airlines [...]
Rostov-on-Don’s Platov airport to test operations prior to opening
The city's new gateway will have an annual throughput capacity of 5 million passengers [...]
Seat load factor growth slows down for Russian airlines
The last such decline was registered in May 2016 [...]
INSIGHT: From the heart of Eurasia, with Air Astana
The Kazakh national flag carrier has embarked on a new hub strategy at the country's capital city [...]
Aeroflot Enhances Fleet with Boeing B737-800
Aeroflot has taken delivery of another brand-new aircraft Boeing B737-800 in another leg of continuous fleet enhancement. [...]
Frigate Ecojet to get MC-21’s engines
The Russian designers hope to define the design specifications for the aircraft before the end of the year. [...]
CargoLogicAir to launch first scheduled route
The launch follows the delivery of CLA’s third Boeing 747 freighter [...]
First Mi-8AMT medevac helicopters delivered to Russian operators
All helicopters will provide medical evacuation services to patients in remote areas of Siberia and Far East [...]
Russian Helicopters to test Ka-226T in Iran
The tests are meant to demonstrate the helicopter's capability to operated at extreme temperatures [...]
Russia ponders return of import duties on Western-built airliners
This measure is intended to protect local aircraft programs [...]