Airlines
In the first ten months of 2022 Russian airlines saw their traffic decline by 14.3 per cent year-on-year [...]
Russian airlines’ January traffic just 4 per cent short of the norm
And 47 per cent above January 2021 [...]
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 [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic recovery rates slow down in November
Aeroflot and Ural Airlines show decline, Pobeda and Rossiya grow fast, S7 improving [...]
Russia to perform the first flight on locally produced SAF by 2024
Gazprom Neft launches sustainable aviation fuel alliance with industry leaders [...]
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’ monthly traffic stabilizes at near pre-crisis level
Traffic numbers for nine months are still 15.7 per cent below 2019 [...]
Russian airlines’ August traffic almost back to pre-pandemic levels
While operational results are on a steady recovery track, financial indicators are a growing concern [...]
Russia’s largest MRO provider to present its new big project at MRO Russia & CIS 2021
S7 Technics to showcase its engineering support services, a big development in engine services and redelivery checks capabilities [...]
Rossiya becomes Russia’s third airline with fleet exceeding 100 aircraft
Aeroflot group’s carrier is on track to becoming the country’s largest airline by fleet size in two years [...]
MRO Russia & CIS 2021 in figures
The largest MRO dedicated event in the region covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia to be held in-person on September 15-16 in Moscow [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 88 per cent of pre-crisis levels in July
The country’s air travel market continues on a steady recovery track [...]
Russian airlines’ May passenger traffic was down only 19.7 per cent on 2019
Increased domestic market activity contributed to positive traffic recovery trend [...]
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 reclaims leadership of the Russian market
Russian airlines’ April traffic down 23 per cent on pre-crisis levels [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic down 48 per cent in November
Compared to October, the decline in traffic numbers has aggravated [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September
This is the best result since April for the local industry [...]
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 [...]
Emirates’ A380 returns to Moscow
Domodedovo Airport at Russia’s capital enters the exclusive club of six destinations served by the type [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines adds another Airbus A320neo
The airline is gearing up to re-start international service on August 10 [...]
Air Astana expands A320neo support contract with GA Telesis
Kazakhstan’s national carrier has signed for Flight Hour programme for its entire neo fleet [...]
Russia to re-launch international air travel on August 1
Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania are the first to open borders for Russian travelers [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines resumes operations of its entire fleet
During the pandemic travel lockdown the airline converted 12 of its aircraft for freight missions [...]
Russia extends restrictions on international flights till August
Other countries are in no rush to open borders to Russian travelers either [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic plunges 91.3 per cent year-on-year
The country’s carriers served 949,000 passengers in May [...]
Moldova’s FlyOne receives IOSA certification
The milestone is of importance for the LCC, as most of the nation’s airlines are on EU’s black list [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose took delivery of its first ATR 72
The airline’s first turboprop is leased from Nordic Aviation Capital [...]
New Moldovan budget carrier HiSky to launch operations next week with an Airbus A320 leased from ALC
The start-up LCC plans to serve six European destinations from Chisinau using its Romanian partner’s permit [...]
Kazakhstan resumes international air connection
Air Astana is re-launching flights to Georgia, South Korea and Turkey starting June 20 [...]
Wizz Air to launch first operational base in Russia
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will operate 11 routes from St. Petersburg starting September [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
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.” [...]
Moldova’s LCC FlyOne to resume scheduled flights on July 1
Moldovan budget carrier to restore its network of 14 international destinations [...]