Russia’s air travel industry hit by the spread of coronavirus
With Russian airlines suspending flights to China, the country has joined Egypt, Ukraine and Georgia on the list of banned/restricted destinations [...]
Airlines
Aeroflot takes delivery of its latest five Russian-built Superjet 100s
The Russian national carrier’s fleet of SSJ100s has now reached 54 units [...]
World Bank continues to support the rejuvenation of Uzbekistan’s civil aviation
The Bank will help the authorities with the preparation of a National Aviation Policy and development strategies [...]
Traffic through Kazakhstan’s airports grew by 13 per cent last year
The growth is attributable to the launch of new routes, lower fares, improved transfer connections and infrastructure development [...]
Georgia’s airlines lose domestic market share
Instead, foreign carriers served 90 per cent of passengers travelling through the country's airports last year [...]
Bringing in Superjet 100s influenced Severstal Airlines traffic growth last year
The Russian regional airline’s operational results improved by 30 per cent in 2019 [...]
Launch of low-cost division lifts Air Astana Group’s traffic by 17 per cent
Without the inclusion of its FlyArystan subsidiary’s operational performance, Kazakhstan’s national carrier grew by a mere one per cent last year [...]
S7 Airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 12.4 per cent last year
Russia’s second biggest airline carried 17.945 million passengers in 2019 [...]
Aeroflot’s new regional bases unveil their 2019 performance figures
Russia’s three hubs, located beyond the Ural mountain range, post their results [...]
Uzbekistan to launch a new regional airline utilising a fleet of turboprop aircraft
State-run Humo Air is expected to offer affordable regional travel and exploit the country’s untapped tourism potential [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A321neo
The Russian airline’s neo fleet has now grown to five aircraft [...]
Safety violations found in Kazakhstan’s Bek Air operations
The airline has been given six months to eliminate airworthiness shortcomings following the recent crash of its Fokker 100 [...]
Rossiya Airlines to lease two A319 aircraft
Lessor is the USA’s GA Telesis' Leasing Investment Financing & Trading Group [...]
Rostec gets fired up over proposed new ‘made-in-Russia’ airline
After president Putin’s rallying call, the game is on [...]
Wizz Air is the first to capitalise on Pulkovo’s seventh-freedom status
It may be the start of something big … with the European LCC possibly launching as many as 20 new routes to Russia [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan carried 700,580 passengers in its first eight months
The central Asian country’s start-up budget airline is planning to grow its A320 fleet from four to 10 aircraft in 2020 [...]
airBaltic carried 22 per cent more passengers in 2019
Record traffic helped the Latvian carrier to maintain its status as the largest in the Baltics [...]
Russian government to create an airline dedicated to the country’s far east
The region encompasses 40 per cent of Russia’s entire land territory [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport targets 100 million passengers by 2030
The first stage of the new terminal C at Russia’s largest airport is now operational [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic grew by 10.2 per cent last year, air transport authority reports
In 2019, the country’s airlines collectively carried a record number of 128.1 million passengers [...]
Russia’s Sheremetyevo is world’s most punctual airport
Moscow airport tops punctuality league table, latest data shows [...]
Ukrainian airlines’ passenger growth slowed in 2019
The country’s carriers collectively served some 13.7 million passengers, up 9.5 per cent on the year earlier [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Estonian aircraft maintenance specialist Magnetic MRO launches a leasing arm
Magnetic Leasing, with its US partner, are aiming to build a US$0.5 billion portfolio by 2025 [...]
Sigma Airlines to operate Kazakhstan’s first Boeing 747 freighter
The private Kazakh cargo airline adds a jumbo freighter to its fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and Airbus A300 aircraft [...]
Ryanair announces two additional Armenian routes
The news comes prior to next week’s start of its service to the Caucasus country [...]
A Bek Air Fokker 100 crashes on take-off from Almaty
12 people dead and dozens injured [...]
Belavia’s annual traffic to exceed 4 million passengers for the first time
Belarus’ flag carrier rapid fleet expansion is behind the airline’s improved operational performance [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly takes delivery of third Boeing 737-900
The airline’s fleet has once again reached 14 aircraft [...]
LOT to lease four Airbus A320s from Lithuania’s Avion Express
The Polish airline resorts to ACMI services to cover up for Boeing 737 MAX grounding [...]
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 [...]
Kazakhstan’s Qazaq Air’s passenger traffic grew by 24 per cent in 2019
But competition with fellow discounter FlyArystan left it short of its target [...]
Azerbaijan’s AZAL acquires an Embraer E190 full flight simulator for US$11.5m
It will be used to train pilots for LCC Buta Airways and to expand the capabilities of its Flight Training Centre [...]
Sheremetyevo and Aeroflot: growing together
Aeroflot benefits from Russia’s convenient geography to develop passenger flows between Europe and Asia [...]
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 [...]
Budget airline Wizz Air to serve Armenia from next March
Following on the heels of its arch rival Ryanair, the Hungarian LCC is to link Yerevan with Vilnius and Vienna [...]
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 [...]
Gazpromneft-Aero brings aircraft re-fuelling out of the shadows
The Russian company, together with IFQP and JIG, is placing the business of jet re-fuelling in the spotlight via friendly international competitions [...]
All-Boeing fleet of Ukraine’s SkyUp reaches 10 aircraft
The young airline has accomplished its 2019 fleet strategy by doubling the number of its Boeing 737NGs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose Airlines to lease eight ATR 72s to bolster its domestic network
The Ukrainian airline is the second in the post-Soviet territory that is planning to add ATRs next year [...]
Aeroflot Group redistributes its Boeing 737 fleet
Eight Rossiya aircraft to be handed over to sister airlines Pobeda and Aeroflot [...]
Kazakhstan’s low-cost FlyArystan reveals its 2020 summer season plans
The budget airline is offering more than a million seats to 13 destinations [...]