All-Superjet 100 start-up Azimuth Airlines reaches operational breakeven
State subsidies have helped one of Russia’s fastest growing regional carriers [...]
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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 [...]
A productive October for Russian airlines with an 11 per cent improvement
The nation’s carriers collectively transported 11 million passengers in the month [...]
Turkey is now Russia’s most popular international destination
In the domestic segment, the Moscow-St Petersburg route retains its leadership [...]
Russian-produced landing gear to replace the Superjet 100’s French version in 2023
The move is part of a concerted effort to reduce the number of foreign-produced components on the ‘SSJ-New’ derivative of the Russian regional jet [...]
Russia’s Utair navigates around bankruptcy – for now
The debt-ridden Russian major has won support from country’s largest bank as it posts US$15.5 million of net income [...]
The Ilyushin IL-114-300 first flight is postponed until late 2020
India’s HAL is reportedly interested in the Russian passenger turboprop’s production [...]
Russia to produce up to 12 new IL-112V light turboprop transports annually
Demand for the civilian version of the Ilyushin ramp aircraft is said to be 50 units [...]
Russia’s Pegas Group adds two Boeing 737-800s to its fleet
It brings the Nordwind Airlines and Pegas Fly combined fleet to 46 aircraft [...]
Sino-Russian CR929 engineering centre to be located in Russia
The future widebody aircraft project will be certificated in Russia first before undergoing its validation in China [...]
Revealed: A first image of Slon, the proposed new Russian super heavy freighter
TsAGI has constructed an aerodynamic model of the heavy lift transport aircraft that will eventually replace the iconic Antonov An-124 [...]
Russian airport is first international destination for commercial operations of China’s ARJ21-700 regional jet
Vladivostok is the world’s first airport to accept the Comac ARJ21-700 operated by Chengdu Airlines [...]
The MRO industry in Russia: Changing market forces
Growing passenger numbers and a fleet increasingly made up of Western-built aircraft are creating new opportunities for the Russian MRO market [...]
Russia’s IzhAvia utilises its first Western-built aircraft in 75 years
The central Russian regional airline has been chartering a B737-800 for flights to Moscow and St Petersburg [...]
Azur Air gives up on the Russian aircraft register
Russia’s airlines have run into difficulties with the continued airworthiness status of their Russian-registered aircraft [...]
Russia’s state investment vehicle to purchase 100 Superjet 100s for Aeroflot
The Russian government sees this is the best the way to support Sukhoi Civil’s aircraft production [...]
First Airbus A321neo for Ural Airlines
Russia’s maiden LEAP-powered A321neos have been provided by GECAS [...]
Russia’s Utair to retire another seven Boeing 737 Classics this year
The Siberian carrier phases out a total of 17 of its older aircraft, whilst bringing in only three newer ones [...]