PS-14 powered MC-21-310 undergoes certification flight tests

MC-21 powered by Russian-made engines completes 100 flights in 20 months

Certification programme requires 140 more flights[...]
Tajikistan's Somon Air is adding two Boeing 737-800

Tajikistan's flag carrier to lease two Boeing 737-800s

Somon Air prepares for network expansion beyond Russia[...]
Aeroflot Sochi regional hub

Aeroflot Group turns Sochi into an international hub

The location is ideal for SSJ100 operations[...]
Armenian and Georgian airlines Boeing 737-800BCF cargo

Armenian and Georgian airlines jointly ordered three Boeing 737-800BCFs

Deliveries of the converted freighters are slated to start next year[...]
Aeroflot Krasnoyarsk regional hub

Aeroflot: developing Krasnoyarsk regional hub still high priority

Russian flag carrier’s second hub in the heart of Siberia demonstrates good results in its first full year in operation[...]
Azimuth Airlines MRO hangar

Azimuth Airlines to open maintenance hangar in Rostov in 2023

Construction requires investment of 800 million roubles[...]
Russian airlines' January traffic

Russian airlines' January traffic just 4 per cent short of the norm

And 47 per cent above January 2021[...]
MRO Russia & CIS

IATA Head for Operational Cost Management to speak at MRO Russia & CIS 2022

Chris Markou to address the largest MRO event in Eastern Europe and Central Asia[...]
MC-21-300 airliner certification

Russia’s MC-21-300 airliner began cold soak trials to extend its base type certificate

Work on optimizing the new generation aircraft’s structure and expanding its envelope continues[...]
MRO Russia & CIS 2022

MRO Russia & CIS 2022: civil aviation unites the world

The largest MRO event in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will be held on March 10-11 in Moscow[...]
S7 Technics Russian MRO provider

S7 Technics expanded range of its services in 2021

Gradual recovery of Russian airlines’ flight hours translated into increasing volumes of MRO[...]
Russian airlines traffic November 2021

Russian airlines’ traffic recovery rates slow down in November

Aeroflot and Ural Airlines show decline, Pobeda and Rossiya grow fast, S7 improving[...]
Russia SAF

Russia to perform the first flight on locally produced SAF by 2024

Gazprom Neft launches sustainable aviation fuel alliance with industry leaders[...]
S7 Technics redelivery checks

S7 Technics’ experts about the experience in completing redelivery checks during the pandemic

Leonid Shoshin and Nikita Belykh talk to Russian Aviation Insider[...]
Russian airlines' October 2021 traffic

Russian airlines' October traffic down just 2.2% from pre-crisis levels

RPKs also on recovery track whilst financial performance lags behind[...]


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