Aeroflot Group targets 130 million passengers and 590 aircraft by 2028
Group’s general director Vitaly Saveliev showcases the new eight-year strategy [...]
Air Transport
Russian airlines’ June traffic at 22.5 per cent of 2019 level
Privately-run S7 Airlines has remained the country’s largest airline for three months in a row [...]
Insight: Ukraine’s SkyUp expects traffic to reach 2019 levels this year
Young hybrid airline is to add another Boeing 737NG to its 11-strong fleet [...]
Aeroflot expects complete domestic traffic recovery by year end; to add 8 more Superjets
Russia’s flag carrier is also hopeful to regain 80 per cent of international business [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines resumes operations of its entire fleet
During the pandemic travel lockdown the airline converted 12 of its aircraft for freight missions [...]
Russia extends restrictions on international flights till August
Other countries are in no rush to open borders to Russian travelers either [...]
Russia’s Azur Air resumes passenger flights
The international leisure charter carrier has launched scheduled domestic service [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic plunges 91.3 per cent year-on-year
The country’s carriers served 949,000 passengers in May [...]
Red Wings’ transformation into platform for operating Russian-made aircraft launched
Two Superjet 100s receive airline's livery [...]
Moldova’s FlyOne receives IOSA certification
The milestone is of importance for the LCC, as most of the nation’s airlines are on EU’s black list [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose took delivery of its first ATR 72
The airline’s first turboprop is leased from Nordic Aviation Capital [...]
New Moldovan budget carrier HiSky to launch operations next week with an Airbus A320 leased from ALC
The start-up LCC plans to serve six European destinations from Chisinau using its Romanian partner’s permit [...]
Kazakhstan resumes international air connection
Air Astana is re-launching flights to Georgia, South Korea and Turkey starting June 20 [...]
Wizz Air to launch first operational base in Russia
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will operate 11 routes from St. Petersburg starting September [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
Interview: Pavel Udod, Azimuth Airlines’ chairman on why Russian regional airlines were better prepared for COVID-19 crisis
“There is an upward trend in passenger numbers, it is clearly manifesting itself.” [...]
Moldova’s LCC FlyOne to resume scheduled flights on July 1
Moldovan budget carrier to restore its network of 14 international destinations [...]
Russian passenger traffic in early June triples compared to May
But it is still down six-fold year-on-year [...]
S7 Airlines plans on resuming all domestic flights in June
Russia’s largest private airline even adds new destinations to its domestic network [...]
Russia’s air travel market hits bottom in April
Last month turns out the worst for the country’s airlines so far this year [...]
Ukraine International Airlines to resume flight operations in mid-June
Initially, the flag carrier intends to operate 14 aircraft on selected medium-haul international point-to-point flights [...]
Russian government ready to invest US$422 million in new far eastern airline
This huge amount is higher than the total funds that have been set aside as a bailout measure for the nation’s entire Coronavirus crisis-plagued airline industry [...]
Air Astana launches a dedicated airfreight division
Air Astana Cargo to operate a fleet of three partly converted Boeing 767-300s [...]
Russia’s airlines schedule a significant increase in flight numbers from June
The country’s carriers are counting on the domestic leisure tourism sector to get them off the ground [...]
Aeroflot ready to spin off its Aurora Airlines affiliate
The group is proposing to relinquish its share in the Russian far eastern subsidiary to the administration of Sakhalin [...]
Once again, Aeroflot defers the launch of its new Krasnoyarsk regional hub
Because of the pandemic, Russia’s flag carrier has delayed its first regional hub programme for another year [...]
Boeing’s forecast for Russia and central Asia aircraft demand is unchanged
The region will still need some 1,300 aircraft in the next two decades, insists Boeing’s representative for Russia and the CIS [...]
Russia’s Azur Air to launch its own third-party maintenance service provider
It could be the start of a powerful new player in the Russian MRO market [...]
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company sues SKOL for three billion roubles
The nation’s largest lessor is allegedly pursuing the rotorcraft operator for outstanding lease payments [...]
The financial burden is eased for Aeroflot Group member airlines
The allocation of initial state subsidies have been approved for all the group’s carriers, except for LCC Pobeda [...]
Uzbekistan Airways returns to the air
The Uzbeki flag carrier has re-launched services from Tashkent to three domestic destinations [...]
Red Wings instructed to acquire 60 Superjet 100s by 2024
The airline, which is owned by the producer of the Russian commercial jets, has been assigned to buy them [...]
Aeroflot asks president Putin to relax passenger quarantines in the regions
The mandatory 14-day quarantine period for passengers arriving from Moscow is undermining the recovery of air travel [...]
airBaltic to restart flights from all three Baltic capitals
The region’s largest carrier is to resume flights from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius on May 18 [...]
Russian government finally starts allocating subsidy funds to airlines
The US$315 million funds from the governmental reserve are being made through the national aviation authority Rosaviatsiya [...]
Russian airport reaches annual freight volume target in four months
At the same time, Krasnoyarsk, Aeroflot’s first would-be new regional hub, registered an 88 per cent decline in passenger traffic [...]
Russian airlines passenger numbers plummeted by 91.8 per cent in April
S7 Airlines outperformed flag carrier Aeroflot in the pandemic-stricken market [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda to resume flights on up to 73 routes
Russia’s only budget airline will be airborne again from June 1 [...]
18 airlines are reportedly ready to resume flights to Georgia
The Caucasus country is set to open up to international travellers from July 1 [...]
Kazakhstan’s major airlines resume flights to regional centres
The airlines do not restrict the use of the 'middle seat' or require a COVID-19-negative certificate [...]
Russian maintenance provider launches timely engine re-delivery product
S7 Technics is now specialising in the re-delivery of CFM56-3/-5B/-7B engines [...]
Latvia’s state shareholding in airBaltic to increase to 91 per cent
The Baltic region’s largest carrier secures equity investment to fight the crisis [...]
Russian government finally allocates bailout strategy for airlines
Having previously declared RUB23.4 billion in state support for the country’s air transport industry, businesses may now receive an additional RUB30 billion [...]
Captain of the crash-landed Superjet 100 gives first public interview, denies the charges
Russia’s prosecutor blames the pilot for the crash ahead of the publication of the Interstate Aviation Committee’s final investigation [...]
Kazakh low-cost carrier FlyArystan abandons ‘expensive’ Taraz services
The central Asian country’s only budget airline has suspended services to Taraz, an airport managed by a rival business [...]
Uzbekistan Airways shuts down ticket sales for domestic and international flights until June 30
The central Asian country has decided to extend the current air travel embargo [...]
Aeroflot suggests international services could resume in mid-summer
In an optimistic outlook, Russia’s largest carrier sees July as a possible slow re-start target for international flights [...]
MAC Aero Interiors launches the production of sanitising kits
The Estonian MRO subsidiary sees this as a contribution to the recovery of air-travel [...]
Latvia’s Riga airport prepares for the resumption of flights
The number of passengers passing through the Baltic’s largest hub by the end of the year could be 1.6 million instead of the planned eight million [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss reached US$215 million in the first quarter of 2020
Russia’s largest airline group is also predicting a significant degradation in its financial position in the second quarter [...]