A Bek Air Fokker 100 crashes on take-off from Almaty
12 people dead and dozens injured [...]
December 2019
Belavia’s annual traffic to exceed 4 million passengers for the first time
Belarus’ flag carrier rapid fleet expansion is behind the airline’s improved operational performance [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A320neo
The aircraft is the 25th of the neo family on Russia’s commercial fleet roster [...]
airBaltic takes delivery of its 22nd Airbus A220-300
Latvian hybrid airline completes new aircraft deliveries in 2019 [...]
S7 Airlines’ A320neo family fleet reached 21 aircraft
Russia’s second largest airline to add ten more Airbus A320neos next year [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly takes delivery of third Boeing 737-900
The airline’s fleet has once again reached 14 aircraft [...]
LOT to lease four Airbus A320s from Lithuania’s Avion Express
The Polish airline resorts to ACMI services to cover up for Boeing 737 MAX grounding [...]
Pulkovo airport to introduce seventh freedom of air starting early 2020
Several European LCCs have already expressed their interest in launching flights to St. Petersburg [...]
Fourth MC-21-300 joins flight test programme
The prototype will be fitted with a high-density passenger cabin, designed to accommodate 211 seats [...]
Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air’s passenger traffic grew by 24 per cent in 2019
But competition with fellow discounter FlyArystan left it short of its target [...]
Sukhoi Civil delivers its first saberlet-equipped SSJ100 to Severstal
Completion of the Superjet 100 winglet introduction is two years behind schedule [...]
Azerbaijan’s AZAL acquires an Embraer E190 full flight simulator for US$11.5m
It will be used to train pilots for LCC Buta Airways and to expand the capabilities of its Flight Training Centre [...]
Kazakhstan to assemble initial batch of Mil Mi-8 helicopters
Russian Helicopters to supply 17 kits for final assembly in the central Asian republic [...]
Sheremetyevo and Aeroflot: growing together
Aeroflot benefits from Russia’s convenient geography to develop passenger flows between Europe and Asia [...]
All-Superjet 100 start-up Azimuth Airlines reaches operational breakeven
State subsidies have helped one of Russia’s fastest growing regional carriers [...]
Insight: Low-cost carrier Pobeda aims to outperform S7 Airlines
According to Aeroflot’s business strategy, its budget airline subsidiary may become Russia’s second largest carrier by 2023 [...]
Belavia takes delivery of its seventh Embraer E195
The Belarusian flag carrier plans to bring in up to nine Boeing 737s next year [...]
Budget airline Wizz Air to serve Armenia from next March
Following on the heels of its arch rival Ryanair, the Hungarian LCC is to link Yerevan with Vilnius and Vienna [...]
Russia’s S7 re-allocates its aircraft within the group
Country’s second largest carrier S7 Airlines is close to absorbing its Globus subsidiary [...]
Another big-scale aircraft maintenance provider emerges in the Baltics
Aviatic MRO is to convert a former Soviet air force base in Lithuania into a major European aircraft maintenance site [...]
Aeroflot expands its Asia route offering with a second Japanese destination
The Russian flag carrier is to inaugurate direct Airbus A350 flights from Moscow to Osaka from next summer [...]
Azerbaijan lays the foundations for a Russia-produced helicopter MRO centre
Construction of a joint Mil helicopters service and repair facility has started in Baku [...]
Gazpromneft-Aero brings aircraft re-fuelling out of the shadows
The Russian company, together with IFQP and JIG, is placing the business of jet re-fuelling in the spotlight via friendly international competitions [...]
All-Boeing fleet of Ukraine’s SkyUp reaches 10 aircraft
The young airline has accomplished its 2019 fleet strategy by doubling the number of its Boeing 737NGs [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan brings in a fourth aircraft and performs its first international flight
Zhukovsky, near to Moscow, is the Kazakh low-cost carrier’s first international destination [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic growth rate slows down towards the end of the year
The country’s airlines enjoyed 10.6 per cent passenger growth in the first 11 months of 2019 [...]
EU Air Safety Committee warns Armenia about aviation safety shortcomings
The Caucasus country must improve its safety oversight standards to stop its airlines from being blacklisted by Europe [...]
Wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the CRAIC CR929 is carried out by TsAGI
A series of wind tunnel tests performed in Russia, China and the EU will propel the Sino-Russo wide-body aircraft project to the next development stage [...]
Air Astana Group’s preliminary 2019 operational results suggest a ‘break-through’ year
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier and its LCC division have served an estimated 17% more passengers this year and anticipate further growth in 2020 [...]
Iran-Uzbekistan air connections resume after a three-year hiatus
Iran’s Zagros Airlines has launched services between Teheran and Tashkent [...]
Georgian airports’ traffic growth slumps from 24 to two per cent
Russia’s ban on direct air service to Georgia has affected the country’s airports [...]
Airframe of MC-21 is assembled ready for testing with Russia’s PD-14 engines
The installation of systems, wing and tail assembly will follow shortly [...]
Azimuth Airlines’ all-Superjet 100 fleet grows to 11
A progressive fleet and network expansion programme has placed the Russian regional airline among the fastest growers in the market [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose Airlines to lease eight ATR 72s to bolster its domestic network
The Ukrainian airline is the second in the post-Soviet territory that is planning to add ATRs next year [...]
S7 Technics completes implementation of specialized MRO software
Russian MRO services provider is also planning the introduction of mobile edition of AMOS software in 2020 [...]
Aeroflot Group redistributes its Boeing 737 fleet
Eight Rossiya aircraft to be handed over to sister airlines Pobeda and Aeroflot [...]
Kazakhstan’s low-cost FlyArystan reveals its 2020 summer season plans
The budget airline is offering more than a million seats to 13 destinations [...]
Russia’s Aurora Airlines to double its fleet and passenger numbers by 2025
For the first time, the far eastern Aeroflot subsidiary has revealed ambitious plans [...]
airBaltic introduces a first Airbus A220 full-flight simulator
It is the first new FFS ever purchased by a Latvian company [...]
Russian airline IrAero ’s Boeing 777 project comes to another halt
Regional airline suspends wide-body services after Chinese partners pull out [...]
AtlasJet Ukraine temporarily loses its entire fleet
The Ukrainian subsidiary of Turkey’s AtlasGlobal has suspended all operations [...]
Qazaq Air confirms its safety compliance with IATA standards
The state-owned Kazakh regional carrier has renewed its IOSA operator status up to November 2021 [...]
AZAL plans a substantial fleet expansion with B777s, B787s and A320neos
Azerbaijan’s national carrier is to order two dozen new Airbus and Boeing aircraft [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana completes first in-house Airbus A320neo C-Check
Russian MRO specialist S7 Technics assisted the process at Almaty Airport [...]
Avia Prime acquires Jat Tehnika to become a notable MRO player in Europe
The Czech MRO group has added the Serbian company to its existing assets of Polish Linetech and Slovenian Adria Tehnika [...]
Aeroflot Group’s fleet will be close to 400 aircraft next year
Russia's largest airline conglomerate plans to add 31 more aircraft in 2020 [...]
SkyUp to get its first new aircraft next year
The Ukrainian airline plans to take delivery of two Boeing 737 MAX-8s in addition to two used 737-900ERs [...]
A greener outlook for airBaltic as it takes its 21st Airbus A220-300
100th Airbus A220 aircraft delivered [...]
Aeroflot Group posts positive financial results for nine months of 2019
Good high summer season results helped Russia’s biggest airline grouping [...]