January 2018
Foreign operators will get new Russian-made multipurpose coaxial helicopters next year [...]
MC-21 with Russian engines could be certified in 2021
Flight tests of the PD-14-powered version are scheduled to begin in 2019 [...]
Ural Airlines passes eight-millionth-passenger mark in 2017
The carrier added five A320 family airliners to its fleet last year [...]
Modernisation, expansion help S7 Airlines boost trafic
The carrier added A320neo and Embraer E190 airliners to its fleet last year [...]
Tajik Air exempt from aircraft import duties, taxes
The president of Tajikistan also instructed the government to devise a program to support the national carrier [...]
INSIGHT: Zaporizhia sets its sights high
The airport is building a new passenger terminal due to be commissioned in 2019 [...]
Ural Airlines to bring A320-family fleet up to 50 in 2018
The first of this year's airliners are to be delivered in March (Leonid Faerberg / Transport-photo.com) [...]
Traffic growth at airports of Kyrgyzstan gains momentum
The capital city Bishkek alone welcomed 2.165 million passengers in 2017 [...]
Moscow among most popular destinations from Prague, Riga in 2017
Over 800,000 passengers traveled between the Russian and Czech capital cities last year [...]
Putin proposes civilian version of Tupolev Tu-160 bomber
Production of the upgraded military jet is being resumed in Russia [...]
Kazakhstan’s air travel market grew at double-digit rate in 2017
The country's carriers saw their combined passenger traffic grow 23% last year; traffic through the Kazakh airports increased by 17% [...]
INSIGHT: The art of repairing aircraft in Siberia
Swiss MRO specialist RUAG provides Krasnoyarsk-based carrier AeroGeo with on-site maintenance services [...]
Turkish Technic C-checks two A330s for Nordwind Airlines
The MRO provider also supplies components for the Russian carrier's A330 fleet [...]
Airports of Regions purchases 20% stake in Surgut airport
The Russian management company is planning to build a new passenger terminal [...]
Aeroflot Group Passenger Traffic Up 15.4% in 2017
Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for December and twelve months of 2017 [...]
Traffic through Dushanbe airport increases 13% in 2017
The number of flights handled by the airport last year increased 1.6% compared to 2016 [...]
Russian airports report 2017 results
Kazan demonstrated the highest growth rate at 37.1% [...]
S7 Group regains full control over S7 Airlines
Eurofinance-Nedvizhimost, which has given up its 10.05% stake in the Russian carrier [...]
Kazakhstan’s SCAT, Air Astana revise Boeing delivery dates
The Kazakh flag carrier will receive its Dreamliners in 2021 [...]
Top 20 Russian carriers by traffic announced for 2017
Russian airlines transported 105 million passengers last year, or 18.6% up on 2016 [...]
Sevastopol airport might open for commercial flights by 2020
Ukraine used to operate passenger flights from the air base prior to Crimea's annexation by Russia [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo looking for international investor
The owner is willing to sell up to 10% of Russia's largest airport [...]
S7 Airlines receives Embraer E170 emergency procedures trainer
The device is intended for cabin crew emergency evecuation and door opening training [...]
Russian airport management company acquires Novy Urengoy
The airport will be let to the investor for 30 years [...]
Russian region grounds Let L-410UVP-E20 again
All of Khabarovsk Airlines' Let regional turboprops are powered by H80 engines [...]
Passenger traffic through Armenian airports grew 21% in 2017
Yerevan's Zvartnots and Gyumri's Shirak served a total of 2.554 million passengers [...]
Ukrainian airports, airlines see traffic grow nearly 30% in 2017
The country's carriers transported 10.5 million passengers, while its air gates served 16.5 million travelers [...]
Airports throughout Georgia report traffic growth for 2017
The combined traffic surged 43.4% to 4.073 million passengers [...]
Baku airport sees traffic grow over 23% in 2017
Azeri flag carrier AZAL generated 54% of the airport's 2017 traffic [...]
RusJet takes delivery of VIP Tupolev Tu-204
The aircraft was built in 1994 [...]
Second runway relaunched at Samara’s Kurumoch following renovation
The runway is Cat IIIa-approved [...]
Russia to direct over $1 billion to PD-35 engine development
The program is to benefit from the competence accumulated gained during the PD-14 development effort [...]
UIA: Antonov aircraft no alternative to Embraers
The Ukrainian largest carrier currently operates five E190s [...]
Mi-171A2 to be tested in sub-zero temperatures
The target is -50 degrees Centigrade [...]
Khabarovsk Airlines resumes LET L-410UVP-E20 operations
The carrier lost one of the type in a 2017 fatal accident [...]
SSJ100 production rate up in 2017
The Russian manufacturer expects to deliver between 170 and 180 Superjets in the next five years [...]
Second MC-21 prototype said to fly in early March at latest
The program will reportedly involve four flight-test prototypes [...]
First Airbus A321neo delivered to CIS
The launch customer, Kazakhstan's Air Astana, already operates an A320neo [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s rising Zodiac sign
A Russian MRO specialist and a renowned international provider team up to offer local airstairs and oxygen equipment maintenance repairs to airlines [...]
Aeroflot gains Level 3 NDC certification from IATA
Aeroflot has received Level 3 status under the New Distribution Capability (NDC) programme developed by IATA, the global airline association. [...]
INSIGHT: Change of strategy for Small Planet
The Lithuanian charter airline is eyeing Scandinavia while ceding UK frequencies to rival Norwegian [...]
Russia’s PD-14 turbofan engine enters third phase of flight tests
National certification is set for this year, to be followed by EASA validation in 2019 [...]
Russia to produce LEAP powerplant components from 2018
The production will take place at the facilities of Russian aero-engine specialist UEC Saturn [...]
UTair to add four H125s to fleet in 2018
The carrier already operates several of the type [...]
Credit Bank of Moscow sells Irish lessor to GTLK Europe
CBM Ireland Leasing Limited has six Boeing 737-800s in its portfolio [...]