Russian airlines’ May passenger traffic was down only 19.7 per cent on 2019
Increased domestic market activity contributed to positive traffic recovery trend [...]
Air Transport
Russia’s S7 Technics hopes to lure European LLCs to its would-be St. Petersburg MRO base
Country’s largest independent MRO provider reveals plans for a fourth major maintenance facility [...]
Russia’s Smartavia to acquire 40 brand new Airbus A320neos and become a low-cost carrier
Private airline contracted seven neos for the next year delivery [...]
Aeroflot Group’s new strategy gains traction
Russia’s national carrier reclaims market leadership, while LCC Pobeda demonstrates impressive growth [...]
Aeroflot reclaims leadership of the Russian market
Russian airlines’ April traffic down 23 per cent on pre-crisis levels [...]
Russia’s Utair selected StandardAero to provide PW127M overhaul support
The MRO services are in support of carrier’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Russian airlines’ March traffic only 27 per cent below pre-crisis level
The general operational performance trend is positive [...]
Rosaviatsiya boss: Russia will need 700 new aircraft by 2030
The number of Western-built aircraft operated by Russian airlines has grown by 25 per cent since 2017 [...]
Aeroflot opens new MRO hangar, transfers Boeing 777 heavy maintenance to Russia
The group’s MRO provider A-Technics may start providing MRO services to third-party customers next year [...]
Russia’s airline passenger traffic down 37 per cent in February, on the climb
S7 Airlines is still leading the market, LCC Pobeda Airlines enjoys three per cent growth [...]
MAAS Aviation opens new aircraft paint shop in Kaunas
In cooperation with FL Technics a re-delivery centre is set up at the Lithuanian airport [...]
Aeroflot resumes taking deliveries of Western-built aircraft
Aurum Leasing delivered a new B777-300 aircraft on lease to Aeroflot [...]
KrasAvia becomes Russia’s third ATR operator
The airline boosts regional connectivity in Siberia with two ATR 72 aircraft [...]
January proves better than December for Russia’s airlines
Total traffic was 38 per cent down Y-on-Y, private S7 Airlines still leads the market [...]
Kazakhstan to complete Boeing 737 MAX airworthiness assessment in February
Central Asian country’s only type operator SCAT is gearing up for test flights this week [...]
Russia’s best performing airline lost only 2.7% of its traffic in 2020
Thanks to large domestic market, Russian carriers cope with the coronavirus crisis better than other regions [...]
2020 first year without traffic growth for Russia’s LCC Pobeda Airlines
However, Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary reports $19 mln net profits for the crisis year [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic down 46 per cent in 2020
Aeroflot remained the country’s largest carrier last year [...]
S7 Airlines retained leadership of the Russian air travel market for 9 months in 2020
none of Russia’s largest airlines managed to improve its December 2019 results [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan targets to double traffic this year
Air Astana’s LCC division FlyArystan proceeds on its expansion path with plans to add more aircraft and launch new routes [...]
Red Wings to double fleet in 2021 by adding SSJ100s, A320s and B777s
The Russian airline plans to bring in the total of 20 aircraft this year despite prolongued crisis [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic down 48 per cent in November
Compared to October, the decline in traffic numbers has aggravated [...]
Six Russian airlines demonstrate improved operational results in September
Russia’s domestic air travel grows 6.8 per cent year-on-year [...]
LCC Pobeda accounted for 35% of Aeroflot group’s total domestic traffic in September
The budget carrier is riding the wave of Russian air travel market recovery [...]
Kazakh LCC FlyArystan’s fleet grows to seven aircraft
Air Astana’s low-cost division continues expansion [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September
This is the best result since April for the local industry [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines takes another Airbus A321
The private carrier is to take two more of the type before the end of the year [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines is the leader in Superjet 100 utilisation rates
The world's only operator of fleet composed entirely of SSJ100 managed to grow its passenger traffic by 3.4 per cent in August [...]
Moscow deemed reasonably safe for public events
Once the quarantine restrictions have been uplifted, the aviation community is eager to meet off-line to network and seek common solutions [...]
Emirates’ A380 returns to Moscow
Domodedovo Airport at Russia’s capital enters the exclusive club of six destinations served by the type [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 63.4 per cent of 2019 level in August
Low-cost carrier Pobeda boasts double-digit growth amidst the turbulent market [...]
Russia’s Red Wings starts transformation into role-model SSJ100 operator
UAC-owned airline has taken delivery of the first of the batch of 60 SSJ100 and reveals plans for further development of its ambitious project [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic doesn’t reach half of July 2019 levels
Despite gradual recovery of the domestic market, remaining restrictions on international travel kept traffic levels low in July [...]
S7 Airlines to launch dedicated freight operations in November
The Russian airline is leasing two Boeing 737-800BCF from GECAS [...]
Pobeda Airlines demonstrates traffic growth in July
Unlike the low-cost carrier, Russian airline industry’s average was at 47.2 per cent of July 2019 [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp changes its top-manager
The young airline plans to continue its growth trajectory [...]
Rossiya Airlines: from 62 Western-built aircraft to 235 Russian-made jets in eight years
Aeroflot Group has designed a whole new future for its St. Petersburg-based subsidiary [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines adds another Airbus A320neo
The airline is gearing up to re-start international service on August 10 [...]
Russia’s LCC Pobeda develops new fleet plan focused around A321neo
Nation’s only budget carrier plans to have 113 large Airbus narrow-bodies by 2028 [...]
Air Astana expands A320neo support contract with GA Telesis
Kazakhstan’s national carrier has signed for Flight Hour programme for its entire neo fleet [...]
Aeroflot airline to reinvent its fleet with Airbus’ new generation aircraft only
Russia’s flag carrier considers to acquire 80 A350s and 94 A320neo family aircraft through 2028 [...]
Russia to re-launch international air travel on August 1
Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania are the first to open borders for Russian travelers [...]
Pobeda Airlines to take four aircraft within a week
Aeroflot’s low-cost division expects to bring its fleet to 34 Boeing 737-800s by the end of July [...]
Wizz Air to grow its network in Ukraine to 77 routes
With addition of 14 new routes to Italy the LCC now flies to 15 countries from five Ukrainian airports [...]
Domestic traffic through Russia’s St. Petersburg airport recovers completely
Pulkovo claims to outperform London’s Heathrow, Munich and Oslo in July so far [...]
Aeroflot Group to let one airline go
The move paves the way for Aurora being the backbone of large regional carrier in Russia’s Far East [...]
Aeroflot Group targets 130 million passengers and 590 aircraft by 2028
Group’s general director Vitaly Saveliev showcases the new eight-year strategy [...]
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 [...]