The first flight of Russia’s Ilyushin IL-96-400M widebody is not expected before next year
The first flying prototype is currently at the final assembly stage, but there are still no customers for the upgraded Russian-built widebody [...]
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Russia’s Sheremetyevo is world’s most punctual airport
Moscow airport tops punctuality league table, latest data shows [...]
Passenger numbers grew by seven per cent for Russia’s Ural Airlines last year
The airline’s traffic fell short of its 10 million target due to the delays of the Boeing 737 MAX deliveries [...]
Low-cost Chinese carrier 9 Air launches flights to Vladivostok
China is a preferred travel destination for Russians living in the far east [...]
Moscow’s airports experienced contrasting rates of development last year
Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo recorded positive dynamics in 2019, whereas Domodedovo’s traffic slowed down again [...]
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines are granted IATA’s Level 4 NDC certification
In the space of a month, Russia's two biggest airlines have reached new levels in the international airline distribution standard [...]
Russia’s IrAero says good-bye to its Boeing 777 experiment
After an 18-month trial period, the Irkutsk-based regional airline has wound down its failed wide-body programme [...]
VEB, Russia’s state development facilitator, accepts five Superjet 100s on behalf of Aeroflot
They are the first of an additional batch of 100 SSJ100s due to be leased to the Russian flag carrier up to 2026 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sukhoi Civil delivers its first saberlet-equipped SSJ100 to Severstal
Completion of the Superjet 100 winglet introduction is two years behind schedule [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s S7 re-allocates its aircraft within the group
Country’s second largest carrier S7 Airlines is close to absorbing its Globus subsidiary [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Russian airline IrAero ’s Boeing 777 project comes to another halt
Regional airline suspends wide-body services after Chinese partners pull out [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana completes first in-house Airbus A320neo C-Check
Russian MRO specialist S7 Technics assisted the process at Almaty Airport [...]
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 [...]
Aeroflot Group posts positive financial results for nine months of 2019
Good high summer season results helped Russia’s biggest airline grouping [...]
Rostec asks Putin to intercede in aircraft certification controversy
Government support is needed to boost international sales prospects for Russia’s civil aircraft industry [...]
Russia’s Royal Flight cuts capacity
The leisure carrier has phased out two Boeing 757-200s [...]
Construction of fourth MC-21-300 flight test aircraft is completed
The new test aircraft has been transferred to the flight-test division [...]
Serbia’s Jat Tehnika to provide Superjet 100 maintenance
The Belgrade-based MRO services provider wins EASA approval to look after Russian regional jets [...]
Russia’s VTB Leasing considers expanding into global markets
The local market is too small for one of the country’s largest lessors [...]
Russia to produce six MC-21 aircraft in 2021
Irkut Corporation to ramp up its annual production to 25 advanced mid-haul airliners by 2023 [...]
Russia’s NW Technic increases its share of third-party customers
Private aircraft maintenance specialist has significantly increased its productivity [...]
Interview: Maxim Pivovar, S7 Technics’ director for information systems development
“MRO industry leaders and regulators should become familiar with digitalisation” [...]
Russian leasing company to supply Tajikistan’s Somon Air with Embraer E190-E2 jets
VTB Leasing is to finance the acquisition by the Tajik flag carrier of two newest E-Jets with delivery planned for early 2020 [...]
The value of Russia’s LCC Pobeda is now US$800 million, Aeroflot boss claims
Country’s only budget carrier will celebrate the fifth anniversary in December [...]
Russia’s Azur Air’s all-Boeing fleet grows to 30 aircraft
In just five years, the Turkey-backed airline has grown into Russia’s seventh largest carrier [...]
Mongolia’s MIAT Technics gains approval to service Russian-registered aircraft
Russia’s aviation authorities have awarded an FAP-285 certificate to the MRO services provider [...]
Another SSJ100 delivery for Russia’s Azimuth is set for December
The country’s fastest growing airline has signed a leasing agreement with Russia’s largest lessor [...]
Aeroflot Group airline to acquire five Dash 8-400 turboprops
Aurora signs letter of intent to purchase five aircraft from De Havilland Canada [...]
Russia’s Smartavia expands at St Petersburg as it continues fleet renewal
Second fastest growing airline is replacing its B737CL aircraft with NGs as it expands its service offering from Pulkovo [...]
Ural Airlines posts $50 million net profit in the 2019 three-quarter-year period
The Russian airline improved both its financial and operational performance [...]
Utair acquires more B737NGs while waiting for its delayed B737 MAXs
The Russian airline has signed a contract for two Boeing 737-800s and is negotiating for a further two [...]