S7 receives its first Embraer E170
The aircraft is S7's first painted into the carrier's new livery [...]
Fleet
Orenburzhye to get subsidies from regional budget
The carrier's fleet includes 10 L-410 turboprops [...]
VIM Airlines takes delivery of eighth Boeing 777
The first 777 entered service with the airline last year [...]
Russian government has SSJ100 plans for Red Wings
The carrier is viewed as a possible base for promoting the type to Russia's regions [...]
S7 Airlines to lease E170LRs with extra seats
All of the carrier's Embraers will seat more passengers in coach [...]
Silk Way Airlines orders 10 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbodies
The airline is planning to offer the passenger airliners for operating and financial lease [...]
Ural Airlines traffic grows 22% in March
The carrier is experiencing a load factor increase as passenger figures climb [...]
Aeroflot takes delivery of its 24th Boeing 737-800
Another of the airline's factory-new Boeing narrowbodies has arrived at Sheremetyevo [...]
S7 Airlines net profit tripled in 2016
The Russian airline's main focus is on regional operations, but it also has Boeing 767 widebodies in its fleet [...]
Pobeda Airlines to lease eight more Boeing 737-800s
Russia's only LCC expects to expand its fleet to 30 aircraft by 2019 [...]
Ural Airlines receives its 40th aircraft
Ural Airlines intends to expand its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2020 [...]
INSIGHT: Will Russia’s upgraded aircraft fleet lead to price wars?
Russian airlines started to expand their fleets as the passenger demand grows. [...]
Azur Air receives its eighth Boeing 757
The aircraft's first revenue flight with the Russian charter carrier is set for April 8 [...]
Ural Airlines led Russia in 2016 A320 utilization
Each of the carrier's Airbus A320 family airliners spent an average of 11.49 hours in the air daily [...]
Ukraine’s UIA receives brand-new Boeing 737-800
A total of five 737-800s are to be delivered to the carrier in 2017 [...]
IrAero takes delivery of fifth SSJ100
The new aircraft is fitted out in a single-class 100-seat configuration [...]
Silk Way West Airlines receives fifth Boeing 747-8F
The new aircraft is the final of tree ordered in 2015 [...]
INSIGHT: Winglets help set Yakutia back on track
Russian regional carrier falls in love with split scimitar winglets as it enjoys increased passenger numbers. [...]
Nordwind fleet to expand with seven Boeing 737-800
The aircraft will be delivered in the carrier’s new livery [...]
Aeroflot’s new Boeing 737-800 arrives in Moscow
The brand-new airliner will become Aeroflot's 22nd of the type [...]
airBaltic sees revenues drop as yields decline
The carrier's net profit dropped by 16 times year-on-year in 2016 (airBaltic) [...]
SAS planning to sublease turboprops from Estonian carrier
Austrian carrier InterSky's ATR 72-600 will become the first of the type to be jointly operated by Scandinavian Airlines and Regional Jet [...]
Aeroflot Group to introduce predictive fleet maintenance system
Tests are to begin in August 2017, and the system should be put into initial operation in November [...]
Russia’s Royal Flight expands with a sixth Boeing 757
The leased narrowbody will perform its first revenue flight for the carrier from Tomsk in Russia to Pattaya in Thailand. [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first new aircraft this year
The newly delivered Airbus A320 brings the carrier's fleet up to 39 aircraft [...]
INSIGHT: New fortunes, same old pitfalls for Russian airlines
A surprising recovery in Russian air transport revenue growth could also be the beginning of a new soap bubble. [...]
Alrosa chooses Boeing 737 over Superjet 100
Yakutia-based regional carrier is to receive two aircraft of the type in 2017-2018. [...]
Russian-affiliated carrier to launch under name of defunct Cyprus Airways
The new operator has just received its air operator's certificate and awaits a commercial license shortly. [...]
Izhavia receives its ninth Yak-42 jetliner
The Izhevsk-based carrier put its new Yak-42D into operation on March 7. [...]
Russian airlines will need 2,000 new aircraft by 2035
The government hopes to meet with demand with locally made models. [...]
Orenburzhye Airlines interested in ex-Air Canada’s E190 jets
The Russian airline is in talks of acquiring three aircraft of the type. [...]
Saratov Airlines to acquire a fifth An-148 jet
The new regional aircraft will be used on domestic routes throughout Russia. [...]
Aeroflot Group to add 68 aircraft in 2017-2018
Russia’s largest airline group to take delivery of 104 aircraft and phase out 36 within this period. [...]
Russian commercial fleet to exceed 1,000 by 2020
The most popular types will remain the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. [...]
Orenburzhye turns to Embraer
Russia’s regional carrier plans to expand its fleet with 100-seat aircraft. [...]
Aeroflot paints new Boeing 737-800 in SkyTeam livery
It became the 21th aircraft of the type in the Russian carrier’s fleet [...]
Ural Airlines to get A320 from S7 Airlines
This aircraft is expected to enter service with the new operator be the end of February [...]
Yakutia Airlines takes delivery of fifth SSJ 100
It’s leased through special program offering favorable payment terms [...]
Ural Airlines’ new seats to help cut aircraft weight
The new economy-class seats save up to 750 kg on the carrier’s A320s [...]
NordWind to introduce Airbus A330s to its fleet
The Russian carrier will use this widebody aircraft for flights to leisure destinations [...]
Yamal Airlines to accept six Superjet 100s
The Russian regional carrier expects to take delivery of 13 SSJ 100s before the end of this year [...]
Bek Air takes delivery of eighth Fokker 100
The new aircraft will expand the Kazakh carrier's capacities on domestic routes [...]
SKOL Airlines confirms delivery of five Twin Otters
These turboprops will be operated in the interest RN-Aerocraft, an aviation subsidiary of Rosneft oil company [...]
Aeroflot rushes into 2017 with a new A321
The new aircraft is fitted with 186 seats in a double-class configuration [...]
UIA holds up on Boeing 737 fleet expansion
The Ukrainian flagship carrier strongly tightened requirements for fleet age. [...]
Aurora airline received its third Twin Otter aircraft
It became the first leased turboprop of the type [...]
SmartLynx Airlines Estonia to help VietJet Air
Its two aircraft will fly in Vietnam until mid-February [...]
Aeroflot disappears from Airbus A350-800 customer list
But Russia's flagship carrier keeps order for larger A350-900 variant [...]
Aurora completes expansion of its Bombardier Q400 fleet
Russian regional carrier takes delivery of the fifth turboprop of the type [...]
Uzbekistan Airways orders more Boeing 787s
The Tashkent-based airline already operates two of the type [...]