Interview: Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for Boeing
“We're really focused on mitigating the impact of 737 MAX grounding and supporting our customers in a variety of forms” [...]
Airlines
Russia’s Rostec’s unit is in possession of a firm order for 35 Boeing 737 MAXs
But leasing company Avia Capital Services is demanding compensation for the delayed deliveries of the grounded jets – or it will cancel its order [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines reaffirms its faith in the Superjet
The world’s only all-Superjet operator has agreed to lease two more of the Russian regional jets [...]
Aeroflot considers a part-IPO for Pobeda, its budget airline daughter company
Parent may float up to 25 per cent of Russia’s only low-cost carrier subsidiary [...]
S7 Group to merge Sibir and Globus
Russia’s largest private airline group is to complete the merger of its two subsidiaries before the end of this year [...]
Wizz Air brings further expansion to its Georgian base
With two new services and increased frequencies on another route from Kutaisi, the LCC is to base five aircraft there [...]
Aeroflot Group’s passenger numbers up by 12.2 per cent in first seven months of 2019
.. but Aeroflot airline’s domestic passenger traffic dropped by 1.4 per cent in July [...]
Volga-Dnepr changes management and launches a restructuring plan
Decisions prompted by disappointing first-half year operational and financial results of Russia’s cargo giant [...]
Low-cost carrier Ryanair gives a boost to Georgia’s tourism
The Irish budget airline is targeting the Caucasus region, projects 170,000 customers will pass through Tbilisi and Kutaisi each year [...]
Air Astana switches Moscow airport to enhance relationship with S7 Airlines
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier is to transfer its flight operations from SVO to DME to build on its strategic partnership with Russia’s S7 [...]
Low-cost Kazakhstan carrier FlyArystan chooses its first regional base
The country’s only budget airline plans to operate up to 12 routes out of Karaganda [...]
Magnetic MRO is to produce record number of in-house-made interior details
As part of a contract with Finnair covering a wide range of MRO services on the airline’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Ural Airlines Airbus A321 makes a safe belly landing after Moscow bird strike
Minor injuries reported among 233 people aboard [...]
Air Astana’s financial results improved in the first half of 2019
Even though the leading Kazakhstan carrier’s traffic remained flat [...]
Ukrainian airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 10.9% in the first seven months
Collectively, the carriers transported a total of 7.65 million passengers in the January-July 2019 period [...]
Azerbaijan served more than three million air passengers in the first seven months of 2019
Of these, 2.6 million passed through the capital city airport of Baku [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth remained solid in July
Passenger air traffic growth in the mid-summer month amounted to 9.9 per cent [...]
Russia’s Utair improves its financial performance
The financially troubled airline experienced a 34% reduction of its net loss in the first half of 2019 [...]
Big increase in LCC activity in Ukraine in the coming winter season
Low-cost carriers Wizz Air and Ryanair are adding dozens of new routes from Kyiv, Odessa and Lviv [...]
INTERVIEW: Talgat Lastayev, head of the civil aviation committee of the Kazakhstan ministry for investment and development
Our main emphasis is on transit flows [...]
S7 Airlines temporarily becomes Sibir once again
In response to an ecological disaster, the Siberian carrier is temporarily reverting to its old name [...]
St Petersburg disillusioned with Rossiya Airlines
Unable to influence the Aeroflot Group airline’s development, the city administration is intending to sell off its share [...]
NordStar finds a temporary alternative for the embargoed B737 MAX
With B737 MAX deliveries suspended, the Russian airline is bringing in additional B737-800s [...]
Uzbekistan Airways to sell-off its older aircraft
The Uzbeki flag carrier has put 18 aircraft, including its entire freighter fleet, up for sale [...]
Aeroflot’s second-in-command quits
Vadim Zingman, deputy CEO at Russia’s largest airline, has left the carrier [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, leased from CDB Aviation
Russia’s first LEAP-1А-powered neo is part of the carrier’s fleet renewal plan [...]
Pegas Fly becomes the latest Russian operator of the Boeing 737-900
Two narrow-bodied units started operations late last week [...]
New paint shop for Belarus’ capital airport
The Minsk Civil Aviation Plant 407 is to recommence aircraft painting operations in 2020 [...]
INSIGHT: Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company bucks the trend
The private carrier expanded its fleet, gearing up for the IOSA audit, as country's airlines face declining passenger traffic [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss almost doubled in the 1H2019
Russia’s leading airline posted a US$220 million net loss, according to local financial standards [...]
GECAS will be the provider of the first LEAP-powered A321neos in Russia/CIS
Ural Airlines is planning to take delivery of two of the type in October and December [...]
S7 Technics and Gazprom Avia sign a new wheel maintenance contract
In total, Russian MRO provider repaired more than 3,400 wheels in 2018 [...]
LCC Wizz Air prepares to launch flights from Budapest to Minsk
New direct service is planned for spring 2020 [...]
Japan Airlines to serve Vladivostok in Russia
Daily Tokyo to Vladivostok flights will start from the 2020 summer schedule [...]
Why is digital transformation necessary?
Russia’s air transport industry is beginning to realise that data could be the most important new asset [...]
Kazakhstan’s passenger traffic declined by three per cent in the first half of 2019
The numbers decreased despite the emergence of FlyArystan, the country's first LCC [...]
Smartavia completes its 2019 fleet renewal with addition of another B737-800
Seven Boeing 737NGs replenish the carrier’s fleet this year [...]
Aeroflot improves its position among top 20 global airlines
Russia’s biggest airline holding ranked 18th globally in 2018 [...]
FlyArystan handed a baggage advantage in Kazakhstan
The authorities have obliged its airlines to carry baggage for free again, whilst making an exception for the country’s only LCC [...]
Russia’s airlines retain high passenger growth figures
Passenger numbers increased by 12% in 1H19, the financial situation of the carriers remains a concern [...]
Kazakhstan start-up launches Ilyushin IL-18 cargo operations
IrMa Air Service is using a 45-year-old vintage, four-engined turboprop on flights to Iran [...]
S7 and Air Astana signed a codeshare deal
But key routes between allied nations are not yet included in the agreement [...]
airBaltic successfully places a €200 million bonds issue
Cash injection will allow the Latvian flag carrier to continue with its fleet modernisation [...]
LCC FlyOne launches flights from Chișinău to London’s Southend airport
Moldova’s only low-cost carrier’s network grew to 11 destinations [...]
LCC Pobeda launches new inclusive package programme
Russian budget airline now has its own online tour operator [...]
The Civil Aviation Academy of Kazakhstan opts for an Alsim ALX flight simulator
The school provides training for the country’s civil air transport as well as for central Asian countries [...]
Aeroflot looks at acquiring airliners with 400-plus seats
Russia’s prime carrier’s consultant will help to determine the type of widebody required [...]
INSIGHT: The Russian MRO industry is suffering from a shortage of what is required to successfully maintain western aircraft
An interview with Igor Poddubny, the head of Ural Airlines Technics [...]
Wizz Air to base a third aircraft and add new routes from Moldova’s capital
The budget airline is expanding its Moldovan operations, with one million seats on offer next year [...]
Tajikistan’s Somon Air opens new aviation training centre
It offers initial training, re-training and on-going training of crew [...]