Aeroflot outlines new regional hubs strategy
Russia’s dominant airline group to take on its key local competitors’ hubs [...]
Airports
Wings of the Future 2018 forum will help to re-shape the industry
Eurasia’s premier industry get-together takes off in Moscow in less than a month [...]
Russia and France add frequencies, destinations and designated carriers
The number of weekly flights between the countries is increasing from 87 to 121 [...]
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo creates a regional hub at Belgium’s Liège Airport
The Russian freight carrier’s initiative will lift Liège into Europe’s top five cargo airports [...]
Russia’s Izhavia to offer a dual-regional hub model
Russian airline to carry transit passengers between 13 regional destinations from Izhevsk and Samara [...]
Yakutia Superjet 100 damaged beyond repair after icy runway excursion
Iced runway conditions at Yakutsk Airport are the likely cause of the non-fatal hull loss [...]
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport re-defines its roadmap for future upgrades
The existing terminal, built in 2013, is close to breaching its annual capacity limit [...]
Russia’s Zhukovsky Airport sees September traffic surge by 210 per cent
New airport serving Moscow is approaching its operational break-even point [...]
Azur Air, Russia’s largest charter carrier, quits Domodedovo for rival Vnukovo
The switch comes as a blow to Russia’s second biggest airport [...]
Iraqi Airways carries 9,200 passengers between Iraq and Russia in 12 months
The airline’s first year back on the route after a 17-year moratorium [...]
Azerbaijan’s AZAL proposes 14 new international routes from Baku
Network expansion will be spurred by the arrival of B737MAXs next year [...]
Electronic visas now accepted at six Russian Far East airports
The simplified entry clearance procedure is expected to foster greater tourism in the Far East of Russia [...]
Ukraine’s second biggest airport’s traffic surged by 54.9 per cent in August
Kyiv International Airport (IEV) handled 358,300 passengers in the month [...]
Rossiya Airlines transfers some flights from Vnukovo to Sheremetyevo
The carrier will join parent airline Aeroflot at its Moscow base in October [...]
Lithuania’s capital airport signs ACL to manage its slots in 2019
Contract coincides with Vilnius’ passenger numbers growth to 4.7 million a year [...]
INSIGHT: How Riga Airport aims to double its cargo traffic by 2025
The Latvian airport plans to launch a logistics centre and offer incentives to attract cargo airlines and freight forwarders [...]
Tallinn expansion for Latvia’s airBaltic
12 direct services from the Estonian capital for Latvian carrier in 2019 [...]
Passenger numbers through Zhukovsky continue to climb
New Russian airport’s July operational result tripled that of last year [...]
1.2 million Russian airport passengers speed through automated gates during World Cup
Moscow’s Domodedovo benefits from SITA technology to manage the surge in passenger numbers [...]
Passenger traffic through Astana continues double-digit growth
Open Skies regime introduced last year contributes to the favourable development of the Kazakh air travel market [...]
Kyrgyz airports’ traffic figures remain level
After a period of growth, the country’s air travel market has remained level in the first half of 2018 [...]
INSIGHT: Izhavia Airlines on a flight path of dynamic change
The new leader of the Russian regional airline and its partner airport, which is contemplating new B737 and Airbus A320 family aircraft, outlines his strategy for the sustainable development of both businesses [...]
FIFA World Cup 2018 boosts Moscow airports traffic
International charters to Russian capital saw passenger numbers surge by 30.7 per cent in June [...]
Pulkovo airport handles 2.2 million passengers during FIFA World Cup
World-class sporting event did not contribute significantly to the St Petersburg airport’s traffic [...]
Low-cost Pobeda wants to connect Moscow with Europe, via Kaliningrad
Khrabrovo Airport in the Russian enclave may once again become a hub [...]
World Cup helps Moscow’s smallest airport score record traffic
Vnukovo airport handled 2.182 million passengers in June [...]
Traffic through Russia’s Zhukovsky soars by 390 per cent in June
Russia’s World Cup inspires the Moscow region airport to reach the 100,000 passengers per month milestone [...]
Georgian airports continue to enjoy double-digit traffic growth
Tbilisi Airport was accountable for 76 per cent of the country’s total air traffic in the first half of 2018 [...]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air expands in Moldova
Hungarian airline to base its second aircraft at Chișinău – and introduces five new European routes [...]
Moscow’s Domodedovo airport enlarges its terminal capacity by five million passengers
First section of the new T2 terminal opened in time for the FIFA World Cup 2018 [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport wins approval for its new Terminal C project
Integration of the facility with Terminal B will raise SVO’s northern complex's total annual capacity to 35 million passengers [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines extends its Pulkovo network reach
Novosibirsk-originated airline benefits from St Petersburg airport synergies [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport adds parking spaces for bizjets
New apron for 25 business jets became operational in time for the World Cup [...]
Aeroflot to share experience in baggage handling digitalization at Ground Handling Russia & CIS
An in-depth presentation will be given by the airline’s director of ground handling department [...]
Digital Aviation Forum brought together over 280 professionals
The participants of this event had an opportunity to dip into technological future of traveling [...]
Czech Airlines returns to Armenia
The Czech flagship carrier’s Yerevan comeback signals a recovery of the CIS air travel market [...]
As Moscow’s Domodedovo passenger numbers dip, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo enjoy growth
Moscow’s three major airports demonstrated mixed operational results in April [...]
Far eastern cargo is a priority for Moscow’s Sheremetyevo
The Moscow airport’s share of cargo traffic from China and the countries of south-east Asia reached 20 per cent [...]
Eastern European LCC adds new Kutaisi, Georgia routes
Hungary’s low-cost airline Wizz Air launches seven new services from Georgia’s second biggest city and introduces a second Airbus A320 [...]
Sheremetyevo offered the rights to develop its own runways
The move is a path-finding financial precedent for the Russian air transport industry [...]
New terminal opens for business at Russia’s biggest airport
Increased capacity and improved transfer efficiencies through Sheremetyevo will raise the status of Moscow’s hub [...]
Sanctions-affected aviation businesses seek Russian government support
Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg appeals to the government for support measures [...]
Siberia’s Abakan airport challenges larger hubs’ cargo business
Regional airport has secured approval for B747-8F and MD-11F operations [...]
Digital Aviation Forum to discuss biometric identification at airports
The new technologies can bring the airport of the future into the present [...]
One third of Russian airports have increased their IT spending
Airports experience problems with domestically developed IT-platforms [...]
Russia and Uzbekistan approved flights from Zhukovsky
This airport outside Moscow will now handle flights to Uzbek cities of Karshi and Nukus [...]
Simferopol Airport opens new terminal
Its annual capacity has increased to 6.5 million passengers [...]
Azeri capital’s airport served almost 900,000 passengers in 1Q 2018
Baku airport passenger traffic grew by 15 per cent in the period [...]
Basel Aero to sell off Gelendzhik airport
Announcement of potential sale follows in less than a week after sanctions were imposed on Oleg Deripaska [...]
Zaporizhia Airport to close runway for reconstruction
Of all airlines that are currently using the airport, only one carrier be able to continue operations from the remaining unpaved runway [...]