S7 Airlines to base a fourth aircraft at Vladivostok
Russia’s largest private carrier is currently the second biggest operator at Vladivostok airport [...]
September 2019
Uzbekistan Airways Technics completes its first C-Check on a Boeing 787
Tashkent-based Uzbek MRO provider has performed the check on an aircraft operated by its parent [...]
Credit ratings agency Fitch raises Aeroflot’s status to ‘BB’
Higher rating is based on a strong market position, enhanced by a multi-brand strategy, a diversified route network and an ability to maintain adequate leverage [...]
Russia’s regional hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia
Koltsovo Airport . . at Aeroflot’s service [...]
Lithuanian Airports aims to increase passenger traffic to 10 million by 2030
The state entity, which oversees Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports, processed 6.3 million passengers in 2018 [...]
Volga-Dnepr Technics wins another approval for B777 maintenance
Russia’s MRO provider is certified by the EASA for line maintenance of Boeing 777-200/-300 aircraft in Moscow [...]
Russia’s all-Superjet 100 operator eyes the Airbus A220-300
Azimuth Airlines considers the Airbus A220 for fleet expansion [...]
Mutually beneficial: Why Sochi is to become a base airport for Aeroflot
The region offers attractive business development opportunities, including the air travel industry [...]
Lithuanian ACMI airline starts operations for Canadian customer
GetJet Airlines has begun ACMI operations in Canada having signed a contract with Sunwing Airlines [...]
Budget airlines Ryanair, EasyJet and Wizz Air to exploit St Petersburg’s open-skies regime
At the same time, a CIS airline is interested in launching flights from Pulkovo to the USA [...]
S7 Technics extends capabilities with the installation of Wi-Fi modules
Russia’s independent MRO provider retrofitted 34 Aeroflot’s Airbus A320s [...]
Air Astana becomes the first CIS operator of the long-range version of the A321neo
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has a total of seven of the A321neo LR aircraft on order [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly to open five new routes from Khabarovsk airport
The airline will utilise its Embraer E190 aircraft to operate flights in the region [...]
S7 Airlines to retire its Airbus A319 fleet
The airline is the largest operator of the type in Russia [...]
Latvia’s airBaltic fleet grows to 40 aircraft
Hybrid airline receives its 20th Airbus A220, completes the original 2012 order [...]
Ratings agency Fitch rates GTLK Europe’s upcoming guaranteed notes BB+
But final rating contingent on the receipt of final documents [...]
Russia’s Azur Air is to expand its network in the coming winter season
The leisure airline to operate flights from 40 Russian cities to 15 international holiday destinations [...]
Russia’s VTS Jets becomes an authorised service centre for Bombardier business jets
It also aims to be the first Russian MRO provider for the ultra-long-range Global 7500 jets [...]
Moscow Sheremetyevo becomes Russia’s first three-runway airport
It has taken eight years and US$857 million to construct the new runway [...]
Ukraine’s passenger airline traffic grew by 10.7 per cent in the first eight months of 2019
The country’s airports served 19.4 per cent more passengers in the period [...]
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines sells its stake in Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas
The private carrier was left with solitary aircraft [...]
St Petersburg airport to trial open-skies project
Such liberalisation is hoped to attract European low-cost carriers to Russia’s fourth busiest airport [...]
Early 2021 delivery of a fourth Boeing 777 for Turkmenistan Airlines
The latest aircraft will be the most capacious in the Turkmen state carrier’s fleet [...]
CargoLogic Germany receives its AOC from German aviation authorities
Certification allows the German offshoot of the Russian affiliated business to start commercial operations [...]
Ural Airlines’ second Airbus A320neo enters service
The Russian airline plans to take delivery of three more A320neo family aircraft before the end of this year [...]
LLC FlyArystan to base two A320s in western Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is to open a base at Aktobe [...]
JAL returns to its original Moscow airport to re-start Aeroflot codeshare
Japan Airlines is to relocate its Moscow services to Sheremetyevo airport after 12 years at Domodedovo [...]
airBaltic is first airline to obtain a comprehensive MRO approval for the Airbus A220-300
Latvian carrier to conduct in-house base checks of its A220s and considering offering services to other operators of the type [...]
Magnetic expands into south-east Asia
Estonian MRO provider opens a Kuala Lumpur office [...]
NordStar joins International Air Transport Association
Russia’s regional air carrier has become country’s 11th member of global airlines’ grouping [...]
Japanese business jets to act as air taxis in Russia
Sky Light is to launch a business jet air taxi project in Russia in the second half of 2020 using HondaJets [...]
Additional western-built business jets for Russia’s Sirius Aero
Russian business aviation operator plans to take delivery of four additional aircraft by the end of 2019 [...]
S7 Technics launches an aircraft seat cover repair facility in Siberia
It became the first of its kind beyond the Urals [...]
Russian company buys Jet Aviation’s Moscow MRO operation
VTS Jets acquires Swiss company Jet Aviation based at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport [...]
Russian government allocates funds for SSJ100 parts inventory
The spare parts pool for the SSJ100 will have more than 700 components [...]
New president for Ukraine International Airlines
Yury Miroshnikov is stepping down as head of Ukraine’s national carrier after 15 years of managing UIA [...]
Embraer doubles its market share in Russia
There are now 30 of the Brazilian-made jets in operation in the country [...]
FL Technics wins EASA approval for line maintenance of the Airbus A320neo family
The Lithuanian MRO provider extends its Part-145 capabilities [...]
Qatar Executive puts down some roots in Russia
A corporate jet subsidiary of Qatar Airways, plans to open its representative office in Moscow [...]
BySky develops a business aviation culture in Belarus
Location of its fleet in Minsk allows the operator to frequent both Russian and European destinations [...]
Russian supersonic Tupolev business jet proposal is taken off the agenda
Instead, a clean-sheet aircraft is needed [...]
LCC FlyArystan to increase its fleet to 10 aircraft and the number of its destinations by a factor of five next year
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is launching two more routes next month [...]
Dassault to highlight its Falcon 8X and 900LX trijets at Moscow’s RUBAE 2019
A mock-up of the 6X will also be on display at this year’s Russian Business Aviation Exhibition [...]
The Global 7500 business jet makes its debut at RUBAE in Russia
Annual business aviation exhibition to start next week in Moscow [...]
Russia and China on final approach for a major CR929 milestone
Beijing may agree to the registration of an engineering centre located in Russia [...]
Private Uzbek dormant airline eyes the Superjet 100
Qanot Sharq Airlines has signed a ‘soft’ order for three of the Russian-made regional jets [...]
S7 owner: Russian industry has scrapped the Superjet 75 project
Vladislav Filev states that his airline’s order for the 75-seat version of the SSJ has been disregarded [...]
INSIGHT: Russian air transport industry – integration and differentiation
Russian airlines in search of efficient strategies to stand up to the might of the state-backed Aeroflot Group [...]
Russia’s NordStar Airlines could enter the airfreight market in 2020
The regional airline would operate a fleet of Boeing 767-300Fs leased by project partner [...]