The number of passengers at Russian airports increased by 6.7%
Traffic at Russia’s airports in five months reached 78.8 million [...]
Airports
Aeroflot sets record-breaking flight frequencies for key domestic routes
Russia’s flag carrier to launch air shuttle between Moscow and Saint Petersburg [...]
Domestic traffic through Russia’s St. Petersburg airport recovers completely
Pulkovo claims to outperform London’s Heathrow, Munich and Oslo in July so far [...]
Russia’s airlines schedule a significant increase in flight numbers from June
The country’s carriers are counting on the domestic leisure tourism sector to get them off the ground [...]
Once again, Aeroflot defers the launch of its new Krasnoyarsk regional hub
Because of the pandemic, Russia’s flag carrier has delayed its first regional hub programme for another year [...]
Russian airport reaches annual freight volume target in four months
At the same time, Krasnoyarsk, Aeroflot’s first would-be new regional hub, registered an 88 per cent decline in passenger traffic [...]
18 airlines are reportedly ready to resume flights to Georgia
The Caucasus country is set to open up to international travellers from July 1 [...]
Latvia’s Riga airport prepares for the resumption of flights
The number of passengers passing through the Baltic’s largest hub by the end of the year could be 1.6 million instead of the planned eight million [...]
New board chairwoman appointed at Baltic’s largest airport, extraordinary saving measures to be introduced
Laila Odiņa has replaced Ilona Līce as the new chairperson of Riga Airport board [...]
Minsk airport reports a 32.6 per cent freight volume growth in Q1
Even though the main Belarusian capital airport is now working at 15 per cent of its 2019 levels [...]
Russia’s largest airport presents two possible crisis development scenarios
Sheremetyevo is not anticipating the re-launch of international services before July [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s busiest airport closes three of its five passenger terminals
Severely reduced operations have forced Sheremetyevo to scale down [...]
Russian government adds large regional airports to ‘strategic enterprises’ list
As the country’s airports have already lost some 75 per cent of their expected traffic [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Domodedovo airport to BB
The credit status of Russia’s second largest airport is down because of the Coronavirus outbreak, the outlook is negative [...]
Russia’s aviation authority concerned about the financial health of local airlines
Fundamental, structural changes seem inevitable [...]
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 [...]
Despite the hiatus, new international flights are launched to Russian airports
Moscow welcomes its first flight from Nha Trang, and Vladivostok now has more connections with Tokyo’s Narita [...]
Coronavirus forces Aeroflot to postpone the launch of its first regional hub
Krasnoyarsk flight programme will be re-visited in the summer [...]
Gazpromneft-Aero extends its international refuelling reach
It is the first Russian company to join the JIG, the organisation dedicated to the development of jet fuel standards [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines to launch a Mineralnye Vody base
With its Superjet 100-only fleet, the regional carrier is expanding its operations [...]
Russia’s largest airport may be fully privatised
Sheremetyevo’s private shareholders have decided to purchase the current 30 per cent state ownership of the Moscow airport [...]
Passenger numbers through Georgia’s airports dipped by three per cent in January
The Caucasus country’s main airport has dragged the industry’s statistics into the red [...]
Traffic through Kyrgyzstan’s airports climbs by five per cent
Its share of the international segment of the country’s air travel market has now reached 68 per cent [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s top-30 largest airports in 2019
Growth at Russian airports slowed last year as 20 per cent of local airports suffered traffic declines [...]
Azerbaijan’s airports served a record number of passengers in 2019
Passenger traffic through the Caucasus country’s airports reached 5.56 million [...]
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 [...]
Aeroflot’s new regional bases unveil their 2019 performance figures
Russia’s three hubs, located beyond the Ural mountain range, post their results [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Low-cost Chinese carrier 9 Air launches flights to Vladivostok
China is a preferred travel destination for Russians living in the far east [...]
Moscow’s airports experienced contrasting rates of development last year
Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo recorded positive dynamics in 2019, whereas Domodedovo’s traffic slowed down again [...]
Riga airport enjoyed a 10.5 per cent traffic upswing last year
Hybrid and budget carriers contributed 83.5 per cent of passengers using the Baltic region’s largest airport [...]
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 [...]
Sheremetyevo and Aeroflot: growing together
Aeroflot benefits from Russia’s convenient geography to develop passenger flows between Europe and Asia [...]
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 [...]
Georgian airports’ traffic growth slumps from 24 to two per cent
Russia’s ban on direct air service to Georgia has affected the country’s airports [...]
Uzbekistan completes a key stage in the restructuring of its civil aviation
National carrier Uzbekistan Airways is now legally separated from the country’s airports operator [...]
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 [...]
The Baltic’s largest airport to get a new air cargo handling facility next year
The advanced DHL logistics centre will ensure long-term air cargo flows through Riga Airport [...]
INSIGHT: Baku airport aims to boost its transit traffic
Azerbaijan’s capital airport is counting on its flag carrier and cloud technologies [...]
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 [...]
Kazakhstan opens its skies for foreign carriers at 11 airports
The regime is initially on a three-year trial basis and effects routes not serviced by Kazakh operators [...]
Wizz Air to add a fifth Ukraine destination
The LCC almost doubled its Ukrainian traffic in the first seven months of this year [...]
Ryanair to launch flights to Armenia from Italy and Germany
The Irish budget airline is in a hurry to be ahead of arch-rival Wizz Air in establishing a foothold in the Caucasus country [...]
Aeroflot reveals its new Krasnoyarsk regional direct flights network
Russia’s largest airline has started selling tickets on seven routes out of its new Siberian regional hub [...]