August 2019
The European plane-maker is in discussions with a number of Russian carriers [...]
MC-21 adds a further 20 potential ‘soft orders’ to its sales portfolio
Yakutia and Bek Air are the latest customers for the new Russian airliner [...]
Interview: Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for Boeing
“We're really focused on mitigating the impact of 737 MAX grounding and supporting our customers in a variety of forms” [...]
British company takes steps to help upgrade Baku airport
18 towable passenger stairs have been delivered to Silk Way Ground Handling as part of the upgrade of Azerbaijan’s main airport [...]
Russia’s Rostec’s unit is in possession of a firm order for 35 Boeing 737 MAXs
But leasing company Avia Capital Services is demanding compensation for the delayed deliveries of the grounded jets – or it will cancel its order [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines reaffirms its faith in the Superjet
The world’s only all-Superjet operator has agreed to lease two more of the Russian regional jets [...]
Another line station to maintain Embraer E170s in Russia
S7 Technics’ Irkutsk line station has won approval from the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority [...]
Russia’s Laros Design Bureau creates an aerobatic aircraft based on the Su-31
The new aerobatic aircraft is expected to go into production in 2020 [...]
Interview: Julien Franiatte, head of Airbus Russia
"We always welcome competition and we’re happy to see a third or a fourth player" [...]
Aeroflot considers a part-IPO for Pobeda, its budget airline daughter company
Parent may float up to 25 per cent of Russia’s only low-cost carrier subsidiary [...]
S7 Group to merge Sibir and Globus
Russia’s largest private airline group is to complete the merger of its two subsidiaries before the end of this year [...]
Zhukovsky pays tribute to the venerable Tu-144 supersonic airliner
The plan is to establish an interactive museum inside the supersonic aircraft [...]
Russian supersonics for VIP passengers
TsAGI is continuing to develop a supersonic business jet concept [...]
Russian scientific research institute introduces a part-3D-printed, jet-powered UAV
State research centre VIAM has set up the infrastructure for in-house additive manufacturing technology [...]
Wizz Air brings further expansion to its Georgian base
With two new services and increased frequencies on another route from Kutaisi, the LCC is to base five aircraft there [...]
Aeroflot Group’s passenger numbers up by 12.2 per cent in first seven months of 2019
.. but Aeroflot airline’s domestic passenger traffic dropped by 1.4 per cent in July [...]
Volga-Dnepr changes management and launches a restructuring plan
Decisions prompted by disappointing first-half year operational and financial results of Russia’s cargo giant [...]
Low-cost carrier Ryanair gives a boost to Georgia’s tourism
The Irish budget airline is targeting the Caucasus region, projects 170,000 customers will pass through Tbilisi and Kutaisi each year [...]
Russia’s MC-21 aircraft to make its long-awaited public debut
Three MC-21-300 test aircraft will be proffered at MAKS air show [...]
Air Astana switches Moscow airport to enhance relationship with S7 Airlines
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier is to transfer its flight operations from SVO to DME to build on its strategic partnership with Russia’s S7 [...]
Guernsey-based company acquires Moldova’s major airport from Russian business
Chisinau International Airport acquired by Rothschild family investment vehicle [...]
Russia’s aircraft industry is endeavouring to preserve its key competences
The Russian commercial aircraft industry is at the crossroads between international cooperation and the phasing-out of imports [...]
Wing centre section for the Ilyushin IL-114-300 prototype has been assembled at Voronezh
The section is to be sent to the final assembly line in September [...]
Low-cost Kazakhstan carrier FlyArystan chooses its first regional base
The country’s only budget airline plans to operate up to 12 routes out of Karaganda [...]
Magnetic MRO is to produce record number of in-house-made interior details
As part of a contract with Finnair covering a wide range of MRO services on the airline’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Ural Airlines Airbus A321 makes a safe belly landing after Moscow bird strike
Minor injuries reported among 233 people aboard [...]
Air Astana’s financial results improved in the first half of 2019
Even though the leading Kazakhstan carrier’s traffic remained flat [...]
Ukrainian airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 10.9% in the first seven months
Collectively, the carriers transported a total of 7.65 million passengers in the January-July 2019 period [...]
Azerbaijan served more than three million air passengers in the first seven months of 2019
Of these, 2.6 million passed through the capital city airport of Baku [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth remained solid in July
Passenger air traffic growth in the mid-summer month amounted to 9.9 per cent [...]
Russia’s Utair improves its financial performance
The financially troubled airline experienced a 34% reduction of its net loss in the first half of 2019 [...]
Russia’s United Engines reveals the weight of the Sino-Russian CR929
The new wide-body aircraft will have similar weight parameters as the A330neo and the B787-9 [...]
Big increase in LCC activity in Ukraine in the coming winter season
Low-cost carriers Wizz Air and Ryanair are adding dozens of new routes from Kyiv, Odessa and Lviv [...]
INTERVIEW: Talgat Lastayev, head of the civil aviation committee of the Kazakhstan ministry for investment and development
Our main emphasis is on transit flows [...]
S7 Airlines temporarily becomes Sibir once again
In response to an ecological disaster, the Siberian carrier is temporarily reverting to its old name [...]
St Petersburg disillusioned with Rossiya Airlines
Unable to influence the Aeroflot Group airline’s development, the city administration is intending to sell off its share [...]
NordStar finds a temporary alternative for the embargoed B737 MAX
With B737 MAX deliveries suspended, the Russian airline is bringing in additional B737-800s [...]
Uzbekistan Airways to sell-off its older aircraft
The Uzbeki flag carrier has put 18 aircraft, including its entire freighter fleet, up for sale [...]
Aeroflot’s second-in-command quits
Vadim Zingman, deputy CEO at Russia’s largest airline, has left the carrier [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, leased from CDB Aviation
Russia’s first LEAP-1А-powered neo is part of the carrier’s fleet renewal plan [...]
Pegas Fly becomes the latest Russian operator of the Boeing 737-900
Two narrow-bodied units started operations late last week [...]
New paint shop for Belarus’ capital airport
The Minsk Civil Aviation Plant 407 is to recommence aircraft painting operations in 2020 [...]
INSIGHT: Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company bucks the trend
The private carrier expanded its fleet, gearing up for the IOSA audit, as country's airlines face declining passenger traffic [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss almost doubled in the 1H2019
Russia’s leading airline posted a US$220 million net loss, according to local financial standards [...]
GECAS will be the provider of the first LEAP-powered A321neos in Russia/CIS
Ural Airlines is planning to take delivery of two of the type in October and December [...]
S7 Technics and Gazprom Avia sign a new wheel maintenance contract
In total, Russian MRO provider repaired more than 3,400 wheels in 2018 [...]
Embraer to present its new E195-E2 at Russia’s MAKS 2019 air show
This will be the first appearance of the type in Russia/CIS [...]