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 [...]
Insights
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.” [...]
Interview: Andrey Egorov, general director of KrasAvia, on the COVID-19 crisis, the ATR-72 project and the woes of the depressed oil industry
“In our industry people are too valuable to cast aside. So we’ll try to survive together.” [...]
Blitz-Interview: Smartavia’s Viktor Anoshkin on the airline’s operations amidst the COVID-19 crisis
“Airline bankruptcies are likely to follow, and the recovery period won’t be a quick one” [...]
Interview: Vladimir Perekrestov, S7 Technics’ general director
Russia is no longer the country of ‘cheap labour’ [...]
Insight: A round up of Russian airlines’ passenger traffic performances in 2019
Passenger numbers, trends, RPKs and seat load factors for last year’s top-20 [...]
Interview: Peter Foster, president and chief executive of Air Astana
‘When I entered the airline industry, it was inconceivable that I might end up running an airline in what was then in the Soviet Union’ [...]
INSIGHT: Baku airport aims to boost its transit traffic
Azerbaijan’s capital airport is counting on its flag carrier and cloud technologies [...]
Insight: The dominance of western-built aircraft in Russia looks set to continue
Russia’s modern jetliner fleet dreams may fail to take off [...]
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 [...]
Interview: Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for Boeing
“We're really focused on mitigating the impact of 737 MAX grounding and supporting our customers in a variety of forms” [...]
Interview: Julien Franiatte, head of Airbus Russia
"We always welcome competition and we’re happy to see a third or a fourth player" [...]
Russia’s aircraft industry is endeavouring to preserve its key competences
The Russian commercial aircraft industry is at the crossroads between international cooperation and the phasing-out of imports [...]
INTERVIEW: Talgat Lastayev, head of the civil aviation committee of the Kazakhstan ministry for investment and development
Our main emphasis is on transit flows [...]
INSIGHT: Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company bucks the trend
The private carrier expanded its fleet, gearing up for the IOSA audit, as country's airlines face declining passenger traffic [...]
INSIGHT: Severstal, the airline from the land of steel
The Russian regional carrier, owned by the steel and mining giant, opts for the SSJ100, but is under no illusions [...]
INSIGHT: SCAT Airlines staying afloat in choppy seas
Kazakhstan’s second largest carrier is facing up to new challenges [...]
INSIGHT: Introducing Russia’s Smartavia, your more friendly airline
Nordavia reinvents itself as a hi-tech and user-friendly version called Smartavia [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s Azimuth Airlines enthralled by its Superjets
Azimuth is the world’s only airline with its fleet made up entirely of SSJ100s [...]
INTERVIEW: GTLK Europe’s chief on the company’s international business ambitions
Roman Lyadov, general director of the subsidiary of Russia’s leading leasing company [...]
Uzbekistan Airways Technics wants to break free from its parent airline
Uzbeki national carrier’s MRO arm is hungry for third-party Asian business [...]
INSIGHT: Aeroflot Group focuses on Asia-Europe transit, LCC and premium products
Russia’s dominant airline group chooses a second hub, targeting a 63 per cent of Russian airlines’ market share [...]
Insight: Georgia’s Airplane Technics targets the international MRO market
With a new hangar and approval for heavy checks, the young Georgian aircraft maintenance specialist is poised for growth [...]
INSIGHT: Ukraine’s MAUtechnic starts at the back of the grid
Ukraine’s national carrier’s MRO subsidiary may struggle to redress the competitive balance of the east European MRO market [...]
INSIGHT: World Bank Group to breathe new life into Uzbekistan’s air travel market
President Shavkat Mirziyoev seems determined to kick-start the country’s aviation industry [...]
INSIGHT: Facing up to the challenges of Russia’s changing civil aviation regulations
Despite improvements to its legal framework, Russia’s aviation regulatory practices remain far from efficient [...]
INTERVIEW: “30% to 40% of our business is coming from Russia and the CIS” – Comlux Aviation CEO
Andrea Zanetto shares the operator’s experiences with a Sukhoi Business Jet, as well as his views on the state of the local market [...]
INSIGHT: Review of United Aircraft Corporation’s commercial projects
Russia's UAC estimates its share of the global 80-120-seat regional jet market is 37.5 per cent [...]
INSIGHT: Izhavia Airlines on a flight path of dynamic change
The new leader of the Russian regional airline and its partner airport, which is contemplating new B737 and Airbus A320 family aircraft, outlines his strategy for the sustainable development of both businesses [...]
Interview: Evgeny Klyucharev, general director of Red Wings Airlines
“We are quite realistic about our role in the air travel market” [...]
INSIGHT: DBAC, Moscow’s modest FBO
The Domodedovo Business Aviation Center expects its custom to grow by 30% eventually [...]
INSIGHT: Russian air transport on a flight path to stability?
The country's market remains volatile, and its growth cycles are far from logical [...]
INSIGHT: Don’t be fooled by Russia’s 2017 success story – airline experts
The country’s air transport association believes developing regional services is the way to go [...]
INSIGHT: Riga expanding as Baltic hub
The most popular 2017 onward destinations from Latvia’s premier airport were Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, Helsinki, and St. Petersburg [...]
INSIGHT: New growth points for Engineering Holding
Russia’s major MRO provider is going through a transformation process [...]
INSIGHT: Zaporizhia sets its sights high
The airport is building a new passenger terminal due to be commissioned in 2019 [...]
INSIGHT: The art of repairing aircraft in Siberia
Swiss MRO specialist RUAG provides Krasnoyarsk-based carrier AeroGeo with on-site maintenance services [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s rising Zodiac sign
A Russian MRO specialist and a renowned international provider team up to offer local airstairs and oxygen equipment maintenance repairs to airlines [...]
INSIGHT: Change of strategy for Small Planet
The Lithuanian charter airline is eyeing Scandinavia while ceding UK frequencies to rival Norwegian [...]
INTERVIEW: The importance of being Ernest
In exclusive interview with Russian Aviation Insider, the Business Development Director Chadi El Tannir tells how the Italian LCC start-up plans to work in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. [...]
INTERVIEW: Sanctions “continuous anxiety factor” – Boeing International vice-president
Sergey Kravchenko speaks of his company's cooperation with the Russian aerospace industry and stresses the need for more low-fares airlines in the country [...]
INSIGHT: Kharkiv airport reinventing itself after Ukraine-Russia fallout
The airport serving one of Ukraine's major cities appears to be recovering from a massive blow to passenger traffic [...]
INSIGHTS: Silk Road aiming high in Central Asia
The carrier's fleet consists of a single Airbus A300-600 [...]
INTERVIEW: RusJet growing despite downward market trends
The carrier saw its traffic increase by 60% between 2014 and 2017 [...]
INSIGHT: Sunkar Air sizing up bizav market
Kazakhstan's new airline focuses on the transportation of hockey and soccer teams [...]
INSIGHT: Symbiosis of helicopter, UAV operations
Russia’s biggest helicopter company launches first UAV operations [...]
INSIGHT: Nordwind Airlines aiming high
The airline is expanding fleet, switching its charter services to regular, and rebranding in order to retain passenger loyalty [...]
INSIGHT: Russian sales bring Aircraft Industries back to life
The manufacturer is planning to start selling a new version of trhe L-140 turboprop soon [...]
INSIGHT: From the heart of Eurasia, with Air Astana
The Kazakh national flag carrier has embarked on a new hub strategy at the country's capital city [...]
INTERVIEW: SaM146 output said on target
“Like any other new powerplant, the SaM146 is going through some teething problems” - PowerJet CEO Marc Sorel [...]