Aeroflot outlines new regional hubs strategy
Russia’s dominant airline group to take on its key local competitors’ hubs [...]
October 2018
INSIGHT: Ukraine’s MAUtechnic starts at the back of the grid
Ukraine’s national carrier’s MRO subsidiary may struggle to redress the competitive balance of the east European MRO market [...]
Tajik Air to add four Bombardier CRJs to its fleet
Tajikistan’s national carrier is counting on state support to climb out of its crisis [...]
Aeroflot Group’s passenger traffic to reach 100 million by 2023
Growth will be inspired by LCC Pobeda, which is expected to quadruple its current operational results [...]
S7 Airlines to replace its fleet with neos and MAXs by 2024
Russia’s biggest private airline to increase its fleet to 103 aircraft by the end of next year [...]
INSIGHT: World Bank Group to breathe new life into Uzbekistan’s air travel market
President Shavkat Mirziyoev seems determined to kick-start the country’s aviation industry [...]
Rossiya Airlines wins approval for heavy checks on A320s
Russia’s second biggest carrier continues to enhance its western jet MRO capabilities [...]
PD-14 engine for Russian MC-21 receives certification
Validation of the PD-14’s type certificate in Europe is scheduled for 2019 [...]
Russia’s low-cost Pobeda to receive 20 Boeing 737MAXs within three years
Aeroflot’s budget airline subsidiary has contracted two major leasing companies in a total deal value of US$1.5 billion [...]
Rostec gains control over Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation
The resulting structure resembles that of the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Aviation [...]
Georgia’s Myway Airlines to benefit from its first native shareholder
The presence of a Georgian majority co-owner will help secure traffic rights for flights to Russia, Germany and China [...]
CargoLogicAir’s B747 freighter fleet increases to four
The UK-based, Russia-affiliated all-cargo airline has taken delivery of a B747ERF as revenues and volumes double [...]
Russia curtails production of the Antonov An-148 regional jet
As Ukraine announces its first order for the stretched An-158 version [...]
Russian state banks confirm plans for a regional start-up airline
Aeroflot refuses to participate in the project initiated by Sberbank and VTB [...]
S7 Technics wins approval for Boeing 737MAX maintenance
Russia’s biggest MRO provider is the first in the country endorsed to provide MAX maintenance [...]
Russia’s Aurora Airlines’ passenger traffic grows five per cent in nine months
Aeroflot Group’s Far Eastern regional airline transported 1.255 million passengers [...]
Russia’s NordStar to renew its fleet with Boeing 737MAXs
The airline subsidiary of mining and smelting giant strikes an agreement with US Aviation Capital Group [...]
Wings of the Future 2018 forum will help to re-shape the industry
Eurasia’s premier industry get-together takes off in Moscow in less than a month [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic returns to double-digit growth
The country’s carriers saw passenger numbers climb by 10.4 per cent in September [...]
Russia approves interstate aviation accident investigation body for EAEU
New organisation will replace the existing IAC for Eurasian Economic Union's five member states [...]
Royal Flight opts for maintaining its Boeing 757s in Russia
Russian charter carrier will service its B757s at S7 Technics in Novosibirsk [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines launches international services
World’s only all-Superjet 100 operator receives early permission to fly internationally [...]
Russia’s Atran to lease two Boeing 737-800 freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group’s scheduled cargo carrier to lease B737-800BCFs from GECAS [...]
Russia and France add frequencies, destinations and designated carriers
The number of weekly flights between the countries is increasing from 87 to 121 [...]
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo creates a regional hub at Belgium’s Liège Airport
The Russian freight carrier’s initiative will lift Liège into Europe’s top five cargo airports [...]
INSIGHT: Re-invention of Mineralnye Vody’s MRO status
The S7 Technics maintenance base, which once repaired Tupolevs, is being turned into a centre for re-delivery checks on western-built jets [...]
Russia’s first Boeing 737MAX is delivered
S7 Airlines becomes the first operator of the B737MAX aircraft in Russia [...]
Russia’s Izhavia to offer a dual-regional hub model
Russian airline to carry transit passengers between 13 regional destinations from Izhevsk and Samara [...]
Yakutia Superjet 100 damaged beyond repair after icy runway excursion
Iced runway conditions at Yakutsk Airport are the likely cause of the non-fatal hull loss [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport re-defines its roadmap for future upgrades
The existing terminal, built in 2013, is close to breaching its annual capacity limit [...]
Russia’s Zhukovsky Airport sees September traffic surge by 210 per cent
New airport serving Moscow is approaching its operational break-even point [...]
Aeroflot to focus most of its new Superjets in Siberia and Russia’s far east
Manufacturer Sukhoi offers cabin optimisation scheme for Aeroflot’s latter SSJ100s [...]
Avion Express lifts its aircraft utilisation rate
Lithuanian ACMI specialist increased its production rate by some 67 per cent [...]
Moldova’s struggling flag carrier acquired by Romanian budget airline
Blue Air-led consortium is to pay €61 million for debt-stricken Air Moldova [...]
Russia’s Azur Air to inherit aircraft from its troubled German division
Within a year, the Russian charter carrier’s fleet will be boosted by 11 aircraft [...]
Turkmenistan Airlines closes in on Boeing 737MAX order
One of three aircraft on the airline’s radar will be a BBJ MAX, the first business jet version in the CIS [...]
Sukhoi to cut Superjet deliveries and focus on aftersales support
Russian aircraft producer commits to improving SSJ100 customer relations [...]
Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary projects a 50 per cent growth for 2018
Pobeda Airlines poised to top the seven million passengers mark this year [...]
INSIGHT: Facing up to the challenges of Russia’s changing civil aviation regulations
Despite improvements to its legal framework, Russia’s aviation regulatory practices remain far from efficient [...]