Three Russian airlines boost operational performance well above pre-crisis levels
All three are economy-class only, with growth rates up to 90 per cent [...]
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Aeroflot Group Figures Show Traffic At 89% Of 2019 Levels
Domestic traffic up 31.3% vs. 2019 in August [...]
Uzbekistan Express yet another LCC brand in the CIS
Uzbekistan’s national airline launches low fare travel on all-economy Airbus A320s [...]
S7 Group’s low-cost offshoot to take-off in mid-2022
Russia’s largest privately-owned aviation holding to launch stand alone carrier operating A320neos [...]
2020 first year without traffic growth for Russia’s LCC Pobeda Airlines
However, Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary reports $19 mln net profits for the crisis year [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan targets to double traffic this year
Air Astana’s LCC division FlyArystan proceeds on its expansion path with plans to add more aircraft and launch new routes [...]
Russia’s LCC Pobeda develops new fleet plan focused around A321neo
Nation’s only budget carrier plans to have 113 large Airbus narrow-bodies by 2028 [...]
Pobeda Airlines to take four aircraft within a week
Aeroflot’s low-cost division expects to bring its fleet to 34 Boeing 737-800s by the end of July [...]
New Moldovan budget carrier HiSky to launch operations next week with an Airbus A320 leased from ALC
The start-up LCC plans to serve six European destinations from Chisinau using its Romanian partner’s permit [...]
Wizz Air to launch first operational base in Russia
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will operate 11 routes from St. Petersburg starting September [...]
Moldova’s LCC FlyOne to resume scheduled flights on July 1
Moldovan budget carrier to restore its network of 14 international destinations [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda to resume flights on up to 73 routes
Russia’s only budget airline will be airborne again from June 1 [...]
Kazakh low-cost carrier FlyArystan abandons ‘expensive’ Taraz services
The central Asian country’s only budget airline has suspended services to Taraz, an airport managed by a rival business [...]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air to furlough 20 per cent of its employees
Fitch has downgraded Wizz Air Holdings' long-term IDR and senior unsecured rating to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda launches an anti-crisis survival strategy
Aeroflot group’s budget subsidiary is anticipating substantial losses in the first quarter of 2020 [...]
Moldovan start-up budget carrier HiSky set to enter a small, crowded market
The new privately owned low-cost carrier is launching in April with the support of Romania’s Cobrex Trans [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda doubled its profits last year
The Aeroflot Group’s budget airline subsidiary posted net profits of 4.9 billion roubles in 2019 [...]
Postponed Boeing 737 MAX deliveries jeopardise Pobeda’s growth plans
Aeroflot Group’s low-cost subsidiary is now targeting 12 million passengers this year, short of its initial projections [...]
Russia’s Pobeda reveals its 2020 summer season flight schedule
The country’s only low-cost airline is increasing its leisure destinations offering by 64 per cent [...]
Launch of low-cost division lifts Air Astana Group’s traffic by 17 per cent
Without the inclusion of its FlyArystan subsidiary’s operational performance, Kazakhstan’s national carrier grew by a mere one per cent last year [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan carried 700,580 passengers in its first eight months
The central Asian country’s start-up budget airline is planning to grow its A320 fleet from four to 10 aircraft in 2020 [...]
Low-cost Chinese carrier 9 Air launches flights to Vladivostok
China is a preferred travel destination for Russians living in the far east [...]
Ryanair announces two additional Armenian routes
The news comes prior to next week’s start of its service to the Caucasus country [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan brings in a fourth aircraft and performs its first international flight
Zhukovsky, near to Moscow, is the Kazakh low-cost carrier’s first international destination [...]
Kazakhstan’s low-cost FlyArystan reveals its 2020 summer season plans
The budget airline is offering more than a million seats to 13 destinations [...]
The value of Russia’s LCC Pobeda is now US$800 million, Aeroflot boss claims
Country’s only budget carrier will celebrate the fifth anniversary in December [...]
All-Airbus operator FlyArystan to operate Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana, which is the owner of the LCC, is to order 30 B737 MAX 8s [...]
FlyArystan carries 455,000 passengers in its first six months of service
Kazakhstan’s first low-cost carrier stimulates domestic market growth [...]
Belarus’ Belavia moves away from its full-service business model
Supported by its government, the flag carrier is introducing low-cost features [...]
Wizz Air to add a fifth Ukraine destination
The LCC almost doubled its Ukrainian traffic in the first seven months of this year [...]
Low-cost FlyArystan receives its third aircraft and opens its 10th destination
The Kazakhstan start-up carrier is also preparing to launch flights to Moscow [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LLC FlyArystan to base two A320s in western Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is to open a base at Aktobe [...]
LCC FlyArystan to increase its fleet to 10 aircraft and the number of its destinations by a factor of five next year
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is launching two more routes next month [...]
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 [...]
LCC Wizz Air prepares to launch flights from Budapest to Minsk
New direct service is planned for spring 2020 [...]
FlyArystan handed a baggage advantage in Kazakhstan
The authorities have obliged its airlines to carry baggage for free again, whilst making an exception for the country’s only LCC [...]
LCC FlyOne launches flights from Chișinău to London’s Southend airport
Moldova’s only low-cost carrier’s network grew to 11 destinations [...]
LCC Pobeda launches new inclusive package programme
Russian budget airline now has its own online tour operator [...]
Wizz Air to base a third aircraft and add new routes from Moldova’s capital
The budget airline is expanding its Moldovan operations, with one million seats on offer next year [...]
Russian LCC Pobeda to drive up direct bookings via its website to 82%
The airline has scrapped the two per cent fee for on-line transactions [...]
FlyArystan passes the 100,000 passengers mark in less than two months
The number of tickets sold by the Kazakhstan’s only LCC amounts to more than 185,000 [...]
New LCC FlyArystan served in excess of 51,000 passengers during its first month of operation
Kazakhstani first budget airline’s passenger load factor reached 93 per cent [...]
LCC FlyArystan’s bookings exceed 100,000 in its first month of operations
More than half of the tickets were sold at a minimum price by Kazakh’s only discounter [...]
LCC start-up FlyArystan targets 700,000 passengers this year
Kazakh airline is kicking off with domestic routes and aircraft inherited from its Air Astana parent [...]
Route network of LCC Buta Airways is set to grow to 17 destinations
The daughter carrier of Azerbaijan’s AZAL Airlines is to bring in additional Embraer 190s [...]
Kazakhstan start-up FlyArystan takes delivery of its first A320
The country’s first low-cost carrier to start operations from May 1 [...]
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 [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan to take delivery of two A320s in late April
The A320s are currently undergoing maintenance and re-configuration by S7 Technics [...]