Krasnoyarsk: the Siberian transport hub linking Europe and Asia
Aeroflot is to launch international hub operations at Krasnoyarsk airport [...]
Airports
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport to open six new destinations this winter season
Russia’s second largest city’s airport plans to handle just under 20 million passengers this year [...]
Ryanair to transport 1.5 million-plus passengers on Ukrainian routes this year
The LCC plans to more than double the number of its flights and destinations in Ukraine this winter [...]
Russia’s regional hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia
Koltsovo Airport . . at Aeroflot’s service [...]
Lithuanian Airports aims to increase passenger traffic to 10 million by 2030
The state entity, which oversees Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports, processed 6.3 million passengers in 2018 [...]
Mutually beneficial: Why Sochi is to become a base airport for Aeroflot
The region offers attractive business development opportunities, including the air travel industry [...]
Budget airlines Ryanair, EasyJet and Wizz Air to exploit St Petersburg’s open-skies regime
At the same time, a CIS airline is interested in launching flights from Pulkovo to the USA [...]
Moscow Sheremetyevo becomes Russia’s first three-runway airport
It has taken eight years and US$857 million to construct the new runway [...]
Ukraine’s passenger airline traffic grew by 10.7 per cent in the first eight months of 2019
The country’s airports served 19.4 per cent more passengers in the period [...]
St Petersburg airport to trial open-skies project
Such liberalisation is hoped to attract European low-cost carriers to Russia’s fourth busiest airport [...]
LLC FlyArystan to base two A320s in western Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is to open a base at Aktobe [...]
British company takes steps to help upgrade Baku airport
18 towable passenger stairs have been delivered to Silk Way Ground Handling as part of the upgrade of Azerbaijan’s main airport [...]
Guernsey-based company acquires Moldova’s major airport from Russian business
Chisinau International Airport acquired by Rothschild family investment vehicle [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Unfinished apron holds up the launch of Domodedovo’s new terminal
Delays to the state-sponsored reconstruction of Russia’s second largest airport are depreciating private investments [...]
LCC FlyOne launches flights from Chișinău to London’s Southend airport
Moldova’s only low-cost carrier’s network grew to 11 destinations [...]
Traffic between Russia and Finland grows by 15.9 per cent
Passenger numbers have been on a steady rise for the last five years [...]
Azerbaijani airports served 1.85 million passengers in the January to May 2019
Capital airport accounts for 85 per cent of all air passengers visiting country [...]
French civil authorities block Ural Airlines’ plans for new routes
The airline is able to launch only two of its planned four new French destinations [...]
Russian parliament approves zero VAT rate for domestic flights avoiding Moscow
The lower house’s approval should eventually help regional businesses to grow [...]
Sheremetyevo and Moscow Cargo: new prospects for Chinese airlines, importers
SVO is the only airport in Europe to service eight Chinese airlines [...]
Wings of Russia’s prestigious Air Transport Awards winners are announced
The sought-after national awards covered 12 categories this year [...]
Passenger numbers through Georgia’s international airports up by 20.9%
More than 1.6 million international travellers visited Georgia in the first three months of 2019 [...]
Ukraine to quadruple its air passenger numbers by 2030
The implementation of the Aviation Transport Strategy of Ukraine will inspire a big increase in passenger traffic numbers to 80 million [...]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines adds to its Rickenbacker USA frequencies
The Russian air cargo specialist is doubling its options for Ohio customers [...]
Aeroflot signs agreement to set up a new hub in Siberia
Krasnoyarsk international hub is scheduled to open in 2020 [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp quits Zhulyany for Boryspil
The hybrid carrier is switching its Kyiv base airport and is also opening an additional base at Kharkiv [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport remains positive despite Pobeda blow
Although LED is losing LCC passengers, the St Pete airport is still predicting double-digit growth this year [...]
Pulkovo is first Russian airport to launch ‘virtual interline’ transfer connector
The St Petersburg airport is to develop its transfer business in partnership with a specialist on-line travel agency [...]
Moscow’s Vnukovo demonstrated 11.6% traffic growth in January
LCC Pobeda is now the largest carrier at Russia’s third busiest airport [...]
Kazakh’s air travel market growth slows
The central Asian country is now banking on its international transit potential [...]
Zhukovsky airport expects slower growth this year after spectacular 2018
Russia’s fastest growing airport serving Moscow continues to develop its infrastructure [...]
Russian airports pass historic 200 million passengers milestone
Almost half of them travelled through Moscow’s three airports [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport struggles to boost transfer traffic
Rossiya Airlines generated 87 per cent of the airport’s total number of transfer passengers last year [...]
Wizz Air grows its fleet in Georgia
Hungary’s budget airline to add third Airbus A320 to its west Georgia-based fleet to launch new routes [...]
Brussels Airlines to change its Moscow airport
Belgium’s flag carrier to move its Russian capital operations from DME to SVO [...]
2018 brings fastest development in Riga Airport’s history
Latvia’s capital airport served 7.06 million passengers last year [...]
Utair launches a regional mini-hub at Ufa
Russia’s fifth largest passenger airline is keen to develop regional transfer traffic flows [...]
New Russian passenger airline being launched
The owners of Zhukovsky airport are behind the launch of WeGo Air [...]
airBaltic to increase its Tallin-based fleet to three aircraft
Latvian carrier will base two A220-300s at Estonia’s capital airport [...]
Moscow Zhukovsky airport’s new shareholder revealed
Advisor to the president of UAC acquires 22.5 per cent of fast-growing airport from Avia Solutions [...]
Sheremetyevo’s third runway to be operational in 2019
Moscow’s major airport’s reconstruction plans amended [...]
flydubai expands its operations in Kazakhstan
Dubai-based hybrid carrier returns to Shymkent [...]
Sheremetyevo to double its take-off and landing fees
The resultant revenue growth will be spent on Moscow airport’s infrastructure upgrades [...]
Aeroflot consolidates its domestic services at one Sheremetyevo terminal
Russia’s biggest airline to serve 400 flights a day from the airport’s new Terminal B [...]
Estonia’s Nordica to close three unprofitable routes from Tallinn
The airline is now investing in profitable, subcontracted third-party services [...]
Zhukovsky airport has its eyes on heavy-check maintenance services
Moscow’s newest airport is seeking partners for the MRO project [...]