Yakutia Airlines introduces lie-flat sleeper seats on domestic flights
It’s the first such service on narrow-body aircraft in Russia [...]
May 2019
Aeroflot won’t get compensation for delayed MC-21
Delivery schedule of Russia’s advanced narrowbody is pushed to 2021 [...]
Russia’s airlines increase their passenger traffic by 11.8 per cent
Collectively, they carried more than 34 million passengers in four months of 2019 [...]
Etihad Airways boosts its services to ‘attractive’ Moscow
A second daily frequency will be served utilising an Airbus A320 [...]
Russia’s troubled Utair comes up with a new 35-year debt-restructuring plan
Shares in the carrier’s lucrative Surgut airport and helicopter businesses are being offered as security [...]
Air Astana postpones its Boeing 787 deliveries – again
The Kazakh national carrier blames an economic downturn in the country and the devaluation of its local currency [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines to embrace NDC
U6 to become the country’s third airline to use IATA’s New Distribution Capability [...]
Airbus A220 to be given Russian type certification in 2019
European manufacturer is confident of the aircraft’s success in the local market [...]
Volga-Dnepr’s Moscow tech base gains Bermuda approval for B777 maintenance
Bermuda is currently Russia’s most popular jurisdiction for registering passenger aircraft [...]
airBaltic takes delivery of its 19th Airbus A220 aircraft
Half of the Latvian hybrid airline’s passengers now fly on the type [...]
After the Moscow crash, operators question the safety of the SSJ100
Why did the fire spread so quickly? Could the tragedy have been avoided? [...]
LCC FlyArystan’s bookings exceed 100,000 in its first month of operations
More than half of the tickets were sold at a minimum price by Kazakh’s only discounter [...]
INSIGHT: SCAT Airlines staying afloat in choppy seas
Kazakhstan’s second largest carrier is facing up to new challenges [...]
Third Air Astana Embraer E190-E2 arrives in Kazakhstan
Two more aircraft of the type are scheduled for delivery throughout 2019 [...]
British Airways: services to Ukraine are no longer worthwhile
The carrier is also suspending flights between London and St Petersburg [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp enjoys a buoyant first year of operations
The start-up grows its fleet to seven B737s, transported 870,000 passengers [...]
Tupolev Tu-134 retires from revenue service to become an iconic museum fixture
Rising costs end the career of one of Russia’s most mass-produced Soviet-era passenger aircraft [...]
French civil authorities block Ural Airlines’ plans for new routes
The airline is able to launch only two of its planned four new French destinations [...]
S7 Technics’ mobile warehouses improve productivity
Russia’s MRO provider’s KitCar scheme is part of lean production process [...]
Moscow’s ‘nearby’ airport announces Superjet links between China and Europe
In partnership with IrAero, Zhukovsky airport plans to develop a transit route network [...]
Russia’s Azur Air adds two more Boeings to its wide-body fleet
The airline’s all-Boeing fleet to grow to 31 by the end of this year [...]
A second Embraer-195 joins Ukraine International’s fleet
In the absence of the B737MAX, the E195 helps Ukraine’s national carrier honour its schedules [...]
Network expansion boosts S7 Airlines’ passenger numbers
Russia’s second largest airline group enjoys 19.4% growth rate in April [...]
Ural Airlines increased passenger numbers in the first four months of 2019
Russia’s fifth biggest carrier flies 2.5 million people at the start of the year [...]
Lufthansa and Wizz boost FL Technics’ 2018 financial results
Lithuanian MRO specialist almost doubled its net profits [...]
Azur Air focuses on inbound China tourism to Russia
Russia’s biggest charter carrier develops a new business sector [...]
Russia’s Atran launches new China route in support of Alibaba e-commerce
Service provides B737-800BCF cargo capacity between Hangzhou and Riga [...]
airBaltic grows its passenger numbers, home airport market share and fleet size
Latvian hybrid carrier reaches 59 per cent market share at Riga in April [...]
Russian parliament approves zero VAT rate for domestic flights avoiding Moscow
The lower house’s approval should eventually help regional businesses to grow [...]
Magnetic MRO brings broad service support to Finnish airline
Norra have selected Estonian-based provider for ATR 72 modification project [...]
RusLine ditches its big Superjet 100 plans
Russia’s regional airline pulls out of negotiations for leasing 18 SSJ100s [...]
Russia’s politically motivated new regional airline project is put on hold
Sberbank and VTB shelve their joint regional start-up airline initiative [...]
UEC-Klimov opens a Russian engines service centre in Vietnam
Vũng Tàu-based service and repair centre for the helicopter engines certified and operational [...]
Why Russian air transport is growing in popularity
International demand for all types of Russian aviation services is taking off, insists ACS [...]
INSIGHT: Introducing Russia’s Smartavia, your more friendly airline
Nordavia reinvents itself as a hi-tech and user-friendly version called Smartavia [...]
Avion Express grows by aiding airlines hit by B737 MAX grounding
Private Lithuanian ACMI narrow-body operator demonstrates flexibility in supporting affected airlines [...]
Russian airlines’ April passenger traffic growth remains high at 12 per cent
LCC Pobeda continues to lead the way with mid double-digit growth [...]
The first MC-21-300 fitted with a passenger cabin joins flight tests
The third flight test aircraft has arrived at Zhukovsky after painting [...]
Yamal Airlines cancels options for 10 Superjet 100s
High maintenance costs has deterred Russia’s second largest SSJ100 operator [...]
Central Asian aviation industry faces up to new challenges
Region’s airline chiefs confront the need for more co-operation and transparency [...]
Ilyushin reveals its IL-96-500T wide-body freighter project
But industry experts do not see any future for the programme [...]
Georgia’s Myway Airlines to resume regular services
China-backed start-up is targeting a 30 per cent improvement this year [...]
Moldovan air carriers lose home market share
Despite market growth, the country’s airlines have suffered a decline in traffic numbers [...]
Gazpromavia’s helicopters fly less
Utilisation has fallen by 48.8 per cent over the past five years [...]
Ural Airlines eschews dividend payments for contingency fund
Russia’s fourth largest airline is taking protective measures against future uncertainties [...]
41 dead in Superjet 100 emergency landing in Moscow
Aeroflot flight SU1492 caught fire after a hard emergency landing at Sheremetyevo [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss almost doubled in the first quarter of 2019
Russia’s largest airline accrued a 16.85 billion roubles net loss, according to local financial standards [...]
LCC start-up FlyArystan targets 700,000 passengers this year
Kazakh airline is kicking off with domestic routes and aircraft inherited from its Air Astana parent [...]
S7 Technics performs a complex set of B737NG tank appraisals
Russia's leading MRO specialist performed 144 labour-intensive individual FLS operations [...]