LCC Wizz Air to set up another base in Ukraine
The Hungarian low-cost carrier is to stage another aircraft and launch seven new routes from the country in July [...]
Airlines
Kazakhstan to cautiously re-launch its air transport industry
The country’s domestic air travel market has been in full lockdown for more than a month [...]
Aeroflot to increase its domestic flights in May
Russia’s flag carrier operated fewer domestic flights in April than its private rival S7 Airlines [...]
Utair suggests a new debt restructuring plan
The debt-stricken Russian airline is asking creditors to partially write off debts and extend grace periods [...]
Russia’s airlines will need US$5 billion in state support, says owner of S7 Airlines
Vladislav Filev insists that a level playing field for all industry participants should take priority over direct state support [...]
CargoLogicAir’s UK licences are re-established
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group freighter affiliate takes off again to support current urgent medical missions [...]
As Utair’s passenger numbers collapse 10-fold, the Russian airline is moving into cargo
After the grounding of half of its fleet, the carrier’s daily flights schedule has been reduced five-fold [...]
Aeroflot given 300 million roubles to sustain its air connections with Kaliningrad
Market suspicions that the Russian government will exclusively support the state-owned flag carrier through the COVID-19 crisis appear to be materialising [...]
Russian passenger airlines pin their survival hopes on the freight market
Nordwind, Pegas Fly and S7 are all deploying passenger airliners to transport cargo shipments between China and Europe [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Aeroflot to ‘BB-‘ with negative outlook
The state ownership factor is responsible for a two-notch uplift in Russia’s flag carrier’s rating status [...]
Kazakhstan Bek Air’s operator’s certificate and certificates of airworthiness are withdrawn
The Aviation Administration of the central Asian country says the airline has failed to rectify safety shortcomings [...]
Putin allocates US$310 million of state funds to Russia’s troubled airlines
The sum amounts to less than the country’s airlines’ combined fixed costs in the second quarter of 2020 [...]
Aeroflot further cuts its domestic flight frequencies
The second wave of service reductions includes its most popular routes [...]
Kazakhstan to digitise its civil aviation regulatory management system
Country’s aviation authority has partnered with US and UK-based software specialist to deliver a framework for the digital management of its aviation regulations [...]
S7 Airlines calls for the reimbursement of direct fixed costs
Russia’s second largest airline is urging the government to provide more specific measures to help airlines through the crisis [...]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air to furlough 20 per cent of its employees
Fitch has downgraded Wizz Air Holdings' long-term IDR and senior unsecured rating to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' [...]
Russia’s government commits to protecting airlines from bankruptcy
The country’s minister for economic development, has promised state support for the acutely disrupted air travel industry [...]
The Civil Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan says the country’s airlines have lost an estimated US$551 million
CAAKZ: the air transport sector needs state support because of the Coronavirus crisis [...]
Ural Airlines parks a third of its aircraft fleet
Russian carrier’s route network had decreased by more than 50 per cent [...]
Ural Airlines leads the world in utilisation rates for the Airbus A320neo
The Russian airline improved its financial performance five-fold last year [...]
Russian airlines traffic numbers slumped by 26.6 per cent in March
LCC Pobeda was the only one in the top-five to see year-on-year growth in the first month of the Coronavirus crisis [...]
Russia’s combined active wide-body aircraft fleet is slashed six-fold
The enforced aircraft grounding has affected dozens of Russian and foreign lessors [...]
airBaltic cuts its capacity for the months ahead and receives financial support
The Latvian government has approved a €36.1 million loan for the carrier it majority owns [...]
Yakutia Airlines’ Superjet 100s to serve UN missions in Africa
Russian airline wins its first contract with the international peacekeeping organisation [...]
Utair wins UN contract for the deployment of Irish forces to Syria
The contract may increase the chances of survival for the Russian airline in the ongoing air travel market crisis [...]
The air transport enterprises deemed ‘strategic’ by the Russian government
The updated version of the list of companies eligible for state support has finally been released [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda launches an anti-crisis survival strategy
Aeroflot group’s budget subsidiary is anticipating substantial losses in the first quarter of 2020 [...]
Avion Express enters the cargo transportation market
The Lithuanian ACMI carrier switches its current focus from passengers to freight [...]
Russia’s airlines permitted to extend the contracts of their foreign captains
The duration of the regulation has been extended by five more years [...]
Small Russian airlines ask for government help
All country’s airlines should be equally eligible for state support, experts believe [...]
S7 Airlines is confident it is strong enough to survive the crisis
Nevertheless, Russia’s second largest carrier slashes its summer programme by 50 per cent [...]
Full lock-down of domestic air travel in Russia is a possibility
The Russian government is considering imposing restrictions on movements within the country [...]
Just before the crisis: Russian airlines’ positive operational performances for January and February 2020
These two months are the final period of ‘normal life’ that will be used as the baseline for all future comparisons [...]
LCC Pobeda is Russia’s first big airline to voluntarily suspend all operations
Because of the COVID-19 fallout, all flights of Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary have now been grounded for two months [...]
CIS states close their borders and suspend air connections
Belarus is the only nation in the region to describe closing borders as ‘nonsense’ [...]
Russia suspends all air connections with foreign countries
From March 27, only evacuation flights will cross Russia’s borders [...]
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” [...]
Aeroflot granted a period of grace for lease payments on 67 aircraft
Following Russia’s airline group’s arrangement with VTB Leasing, it is now anticipating similar indulgences from other state lessors [...]
Fitch revises Aeroflot’s outlook to ‘negative’ and affirms its rating as ‘BB’
The Russian flag carrier's 'BB' status reflects a two-notch uplift for state support [...]
Russia suspends all international air connections
Aeroflot has been granted monopoly rights to continue flights to the world’s capital cities, most of which are now inaccessible [...]
Aeroflot starts grounding its aircraft in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
In the most optimistic scenario, the Russian flag carrier will have to mothball a quarter of its fleet [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines takes another Airbus A320neo as it continues domestic flying
SMBC Aviation Capital has delivered the third unit of an eight aircraft deal to the country’ biggest private carrier [...]
Russian commercial aviation in a battle for survival
The Russian Association of Air Transport Operators has pleaded to take urgent measures to protect Russia’s air transport industry from collapse [...]
Opinion: Peter Griffiths, director general at Aviation administration of Kazakhstan
View of the current challenges facing the aviation industry [...]
Russia’s aviation authority concerned about the financial health of local airlines
Fundamental, structural changes seem inevitable [...]
Russia’s Nordwind Airlines to take two Airbus A330-200s from Air Lease Corporation
The aircraft will be delivered to the Moscow-based carrier in the spring [...]
Russia extends its air connections ban to USA, Great Britain and UAE
Flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to New York, London and Abu Dhabi are exempt from restrictions [...]
Rossiya Airlines consolidates all its Moscow flights at Sheremetyevo
The Aeroflot Group member is transferring its leisure flights programme from Vnukovo, Moscow to its parent’s capital city base [...]
Aeroflot extends elite level status for loyalty programme members by one year
The move is a reward for the loyalty of the Russian flag-carrier’s frequent fliers who are forced to limit their travel in the current environment [...]