Russian government releases regulatory plan for passenger aviation business
The Transport Ministry proposes monitoring how airlines meet their liabilities to vendors [...]
Airports
Sheremetyevo may not get third runway in time for 2018 soccer championship
Only 43.8% of the runway had been surfaced by late H1 2017 [...]
Ulan-Ude airport introduces open skies policy
The regime is expected to bring the air gateway's annual passenger traffic up to 1 million [...]
Ukrainian airlines report continuing seat load factor growth
The increase in passenger numbers has been observed both on domestic and international routes [...]
Cobalt Air launches flights to Russia
The carrier's fleet comprises six Airbus A320 family aircraft [...]
INSIGHT: Kharkiv airport reinventing itself after Ukraine-Russia fallout
The airport serving one of Ukraine's major cities appears to be recovering from a massive blow to passenger traffic [...]
Runway reconstruction complete at Lipetsk airport
The extended and strengthened runway is now approved for A320 and Boeing 737 operations [...]
Azimuth Airlines to mostly operate from new Platov Airport
The Russian startup airline launched this September [...]
Traffic through Moscow airports continues double-digit growth
Iraqi Airways, one of the new carriers at Vnukovo, returned to Russia after 17 years of absence [...]
Traffic growth through Moscow airports slows in August
Sheremetyevo, Russia’s largest airport, saw its traffic grow 19.6% [...]
Second phase of runway works completed at Norilsk airport
The runway will undergo further refurbishment in 2018 [...]
Astana, Shymkent to restrict services over runway works
The renovation works at the Kazakh capital's airport will take 10 days [...]
SCAT Airlines moving its Moscow flights to Vnukovo
The Kazakh carrier has up to now operated services to Domodedovo [...]
Odesa Airport starts construction of new runway
Its construction will enable to use the full capacity of a freshly opened passenger terminal. [...]
New terminal at Odesa opens for international flights
The airport's new facility started serving domestic passengers in April 2017 [...]
Novaport buys Ulan-Ude airport
The airport had already been sold once before, in 2011 [...]
Airports of Regions to renovate Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport
A mock-up of the renovation project, complete with the new terminal, was presented at the recent NAIS exhibition [...]
Traffic growth through Vnukovo, Domodedovo slows
Albeit at a slower pace, Vnukovo remains the fastest growing of Moscow's three main airports [...]
Putin orders waiving VAT on fares to Kaliningrad
A 10% value-added tax currently applies on all routes inside Russia, for the exception of those to annexed Crimea [...]
Rostov-on-Don’s Platov airport to test operations prior to opening
The city's new gateway will have an annual throughput capacity of 5 million passengers [...]
Head of Munich Airport to speak at Wings of the Future 2017
Dr Michael Kerkloh will discuss challenges for airport efficiency in the changing world [...]
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport cleared for superheavy jets
The move is to facilitate cargo transportation in this Russia's Far East region. [...]
15th Wings of the Future Forum to be held on November 1-2, 2017
This year the event will feature five conferences on the same platform, to ensure detailed and productive discussion of the Russian air transport’s most burning issues [...]
Zhukovsky to add six more destinations by year-end
Pegas Fly has started flying to Baku from the new airport outside Moscow [...]
Traffic through Russian airports up 19% in Q1 2017 – FATA
Rostov demonstrated higher-than-average growth in the first half of this year [...]
International traffic outgrows domestic at Moscow airports
Vnukovo is still outperforming its Moscow rivals in traffic growth rate [...]
Sheremetyevo completes construction of new cargo terminal
The new facility is scheduled to become operational in September 2017 [...]
Second terminal planned for Zhukovsky airport
The existing facility has a floor area of 17,600 square meters [...]
Kazakhstan to open 15 new airfields by 2020
Usharal airport became operational on July 21 [...]
Kutaisi Airport to expand passenger capacity
A railroad link to the city will be built in 2018 [...]
Kaliningrad airport’s new terminal put in operation
The new facility will include three baggage belts [...]
New terminal operational at Anapa
With the new terminal in service, the airport's throughput capacity has reached 1,100 passengers per hour [...]
Tashkent to get second airport
Expansion plans for the existing airport, Islam Karimov, had to be abandoned [...]
Passenger terminal construction launched at new Saratov airport
The facility is to become operational in late 2018 [...]
Traffic through Moscow airports up 21% in May
Domodedovo's traffic has been demonstrating double-digit growth since April [...]
Traffic through airports of Georgia keeps growing
The growth rate was highest at Kutaisi in the first five months of the year [...]
Samarkand airport to close for runway reconstruction in July
The airport's annual throughput capacity exceeds 300,000 passengers [...]
New terminal opens at Astana
The airport looks to become a regional hub into a transport hub [...]
Yaroslavl airport to have own international airline
Tunoshna served 15,800 passengers in 2016 [...]
Ulyanovsk Bratayevka airport to reopen in September
The renovation timeline has slipped several months due to delayed equipment deliveries [...]
Major Moscow airports post high traffic growth for April
Vnukovo reported the highest increase in passengers among the three [...]
Kyiv Boryspil airport income doubled in 2016
Financials of Ukraine’s airport improved on the back of the rapid growth of transfer passenger traffic. [...]
Passenger traffic through Baku Airport surges 36%
The airport served over 1 million passengers from January to April 2017. [...]
Wizz Air to launch flights to St. Petersburg in August
The Hungarian airline is the second low-cost carrier flying to Pulkovo. [...]
INSIGHT: Sky arithmetic for Russian airports
First experience of air space liberalization in Russia [...]
Moscow airports report increased traffic growth in March
Sheremetyevo remains Russia's busiest airport [...]
Omsk airport to provide Superjet line maintenance to IrAero
Up to now the airline has performed maintenance operations on its SSJ100 fleet independently [...]
INSIGHT: S7 returns to Siberia
Russia's second largest carrier S7 Airlines is to relaunch its Siberian hub at Novosibirsk [...]
New terminal launched at Odesa airport
The facility will serve 3 million passengers annually [...]
Airports of Georgia see 43.6% Q1 traffic surge
A new airport opened near the Georgian town of Ambrolauri in the first quarter of 2017 [...]