ANA and JAL to launch new Tokyo to Vladivostok service
Japan’s leading airlines are capitalising on the surge in tourists travelling between Tokyo and Vladivostok [...]
October 2019
Aeroflot to equip its A320neos and MC-21s with high-speed Internet
Passengers flying on 81 of the airline’s A320ceos will be able to surf the web [...]
Kazakhstan air passenger numbers will reach 20 million by 2038, says IATA
The Central Asian country will overtake the likes of Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus [...]
Russia’s KrasAvia to acquire three ATR-72 turboprops
They will feed Aeroflot’s regional traffic at its new Siberian hub [...]
Russia’s carriers transported close to 100 million passengers in the first nine months of 2019
11.2 per cent improvement year-on-year [...]
Insight: The dominance of western-built aircraft in Russia looks set to continue
Russia’s modern jetliner fleet dreams may fail to take off [...]
Azimuth Airlines’ Superjet 100 fleet grows to 10 aircraft
The world’s only all-SSJ100 operator has taken delivery of another leased Russian regional jet [...]
SAS re-launches Scandinavian flights to Ukraine
The flights will resume after an eight-year hiatus [...]
Aeroflot to increase frequencies on 20 routes during this winter
Russia’s largest airline grouping will fly scheduled flights on 298 routes to 56 countries [...]
Interview: Alexander Kava, Ukraine’s former deputy minister for infrastructure
‘Ukraine’s aerospace industry has no future – the time for its revival is irreversibly lost’ he says [...]
Russia hopes to sell Superjet 100s to Norwegian in exchange for Siberian overflight rights
Reportedly, LCC may take up to 40 of the Russian-made regional aircraft [...]
Ukraine International Airlines faces another bleak year of losses
The flag carrier is negotiating with the government for compensation to help cover high fuel prices and the costs of navigating around Russian airspace [...]
S7 Technics gears up for SSJ100 components production
Russian MRO provider was granted approval for the production of leather covers for passenger seats on the Superjet 100 [...]
Ural Airlines to launch Moscow to London flights
Russian airline’s first ever flights to England will commence at Christmas [...]
PHOTO: Aeroflot’s first Airbus A350 at Toulouse
The aircraft is wearing modified livery elements [...]
Wizz Air to add a fifth Ukraine destination
The LCC almost doubled its Ukrainian traffic in the first seven months of this year [...]
Sukhoi Civil has sold only one Superjet 100 this year
Russian aircraft manufacturer’s revenue has declined by a factor of 4.5 in the nine-month period [...]
Volga-Dnepr mothballs An-124 capacity and cuts back on staff numbers
Russian carrier faces up to global cargo market slump [...]
Hungary’s Wizz Air is now the dominant carrier in Georgia
Local airlines accounted for only 12% of all passengers in the Caucasus country in the first nine months of this year [...]
The crashed Sheremetyevo Sukhoi SSJ100: were 41 people gassed to death?
The investigation into the tragedy reveals some controversial assessments [...]
Ryanair to launch flights to Armenia from Italy and Germany
The Irish budget airline is in a hurry to be ahead of arch-rival Wizz Air in establishing a foothold in the Caucasus country [...]
Aeroflot reveals its new Krasnoyarsk regional direct flights network
Russia’s largest airline has started selling tickets on seven routes out of its new Siberian regional hub [...]
The first saberlet-equipped Superjet 100 to enter service by year-end
Sukhoi Civil is waiting for Russia’s aviation authority to complete the certification of the new winglets [...]
Krasnoyarsk: the Siberian transport hub linking Europe and Asia
Aeroflot is to launch international hub operations at Krasnoyarsk airport [...]
Turkmenistan Airlines is allowed to resume European operations
Supported by Lufthansa Consulting, the Turkmeni flag carrier has confirmed its new compliance as a TCO [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines increases its scheduled flights offering by 55%
The start-up hybrid-type carrier has taken delivery of its ninth Boeing 737NG [...]
Embraer approves Russian company to support the Legacy 600/650 in Moscow
Jet Flight Service has been approved as an Embraer Authorised Service Center [...]
SR Technics wins an exclusive engine services contract with Ukraine International
A seven-year agreement covers a minimum of 34 CFM56-7B shop visits [...]
PHOTO: Aviastar-TU changes the livery on one of its Tupolev Tu-204s
The aircraft has been re-branded in the colours of the Alibaba-controlled Cainiao Network [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth slowed down in September
Flag carrier Aeroflot’s figures were flat in the month [...]
Russian, Saudi wealth funds and German investment group create an aircraft leasing company for Russia
Partners plan to invest more than US$600 million in the business [...]
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss elect to stay at Domodedovo
Largest European airline group operating in Russia has opted to extend its contract with the Moscow airport until 2025 [...]
Uzbekistan Airways Technics gains approval for Boeing 737 maintenance
The Uzbeki MRO provider has expanded its capability in an effort to attract international customers [...]
Rossiya Airlines to transfer some of its Boeing 737-800s to LCC Pobeda and Aeroflot
The Aeroflot Group airline is to focus on mid-haul network expansion from St Petersburg [...]
One third of Russia’s second biggest carrier’s fleet to become all-economy
S7 Airlines is to rejig its A320ceos into all-economy configurations as the demand for affordable travel increases [...]
S7 Airlines’ Airbus A320neo-family fleet grows to 20
The new A320neo is based at Novosibirsk, Siberia [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines to develop its network beyond the CIS
The all-Superjet 100 operator is to launch flights to Tel Aviv and Munich [...]
Low-cost FlyArystan receives its third aircraft and opens its 10th destination
The Kazakhstan start-up carrier is also preparing to launch flights to Moscow [...]
Russia’s IrAero Airlines to expand in the CIS and in the Far East
The regional carrier plans to carry one million passengers this year (IrAero) [...]
Atran Airlines takes delivery of its second Boeing 737-800BCF freighter
The Russian express cargo carrier’s fleet now consists of six Boeing 737 aircraft [...]
SmartLynx increases the number of operated flights by a third
Latvia’s ACMI and charter carrier’s fleet has grown to 24 Airbus A320-family aircraft [...]
Ukraine-Air Alliance is grounded after An-12 crash
EASA has withdrawn the cargo airline’s third-country operator status [...]
Russia’s state Medevac programme on life-support
Programme faces growing criticisms over tender procedures and contractors’ performance levels [...]
Low-cost carrier Transavia considers flights to Ukraine
As its parent Air France-KLM abandons its Paris -- Kyiv winter season services [...]
Russia’s Spektr-Avia Technic to service Kazakhstan-registered aircraft
The MRO specialist has won OTAR Part 145-approval from the aviation authorities of Kazakhstan [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport to open six new destinations this winter season
Russia’s second largest city’s airport plans to handle just under 20 million passengers this year [...]
Aeroflot starts phasing out its Airbus A330s
Russian flag carrier makes way for the brand new A350 expected early next year [...]
Air Astana’s Airbus fleet grows to 20 narrow-body aircraft
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has taken delivery of its fourth A321neo [...]
Russia’s Nordwind to reduce its reliance on scheduled flights
The hybrid airline is working on a new development strategy [...]
Russia’s Rostec considers three development scenarios for United Aircraft Corporation
All three plans require substantial governmental financial help [...]