GTLK becomes the largest customer for SJ-100, IL-114 and Tu-214 aircraft
The lessor will purchase a total of 238 Russian aircraft [...]
Leasing
Russian lessor GTLK estimated the loss from liquidation of its Irish business at 2.49 billion roubles
GTLK lost access to 37 aircraft stranded outside
Russia [...]
Combined fleet of Russia’s five largest airlines cleared for international flights grew by almost 100 aircraft in a week
Private carriers settle claims with foreign lessors for the first time [...]
Russia allows to return two Boeing 737MAXs to foreign lessors
S7 Airlines gets government’s approval for returning idling aircraft [...]
All-Superjet 100 operator to become Russia’s first operator of Airbus A220
Azimuth Airlines will become a new Airbus operator in Russia next year [...]
Aeroflot resumes taking deliveries of Western-built aircraft
Aurum Leasing delivered a new B777-300 aircraft on lease to Aeroflot [...]
Fitch revises Russia’s largest leasing company’s outlook to stable, at ‘BB+’
GTLK’s revision reflects the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian economy [...]
VTB Leasing grants lease payments holiday to another Russian airline
Russia’s state-owned lessor has agreed a bailout deferment plan with Utair [...]
Aeroflot granted a period of grace for lease payments on 67 aircraft
Following Russia’s airline group’s arrangement with VTB Leasing, it is now anticipating similar indulgences from other state lessors [...]
Russia’s Nordwind Airlines to take two Airbus A330-200s from Air Lease Corporation
The aircraft will be delivered to the Moscow-based carrier in the spring [...]
Air Astana takes delivery of its first new aircraft this year
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier brings in another Airbus A321LR [...]
Ukraine’s SkyUp brings in its 11th Boeing 737NG
Because of delivery delays of the 737MAX, the airline will have to adjust its summer season flight schedule [...]
Belarus’ Belavia to be first operator of the E195-E2 in the post-Soviet territory
The flag carrier agrees to lease three of the advanced Embraers from AerCap [...]
GTLK Europe leases three Airbus A220-300s to start-up African airline
Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways is to launch operations this year with aircraft leased from the Irish division of Russia’s State Transport Leasing Corporation [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A321neo
The Russian airline’s neo fleet has now grown to five aircraft [...]
Rossiya Airlines to lease two A319 aircraft
Lessor is the USA’s GA Telesis' Leasing Investment Financing & Trading Group [...]
Estonian aircraft maintenance specialist Magnetic MRO launches a leasing arm
Magnetic Leasing, with its US partner, are aiming to build a US$0.5 billion portfolio by 2025 [...]
Belavia takes delivery of its seventh Embraer E195
The Belarusian flag carrier plans to bring in up to nine Boeing 737s next year [...]
Ukraine’s Windrose Airlines to lease eight ATR 72s to bolster its domestic network
The Ukrainian airline is the second in the post-Soviet territory that is planning to add ATRs next year [...]
AZAL plans a substantial fleet expansion with B777s, B787s and A320neos
Azerbaijan’s national carrier is to order two dozen new Airbus and Boeing aircraft [...]
SkyUp to get its first new aircraft next year
The Ukrainian airline plans to take delivery of two Boeing 737 MAX-8s in addition to two used 737-900ERs [...]
Russia’s VTB Leasing considers expanding into global markets
The local market is too small for one of the country’s largest lessors [...]
Russian leasing company to supply Tajikistan’s Somon Air with Embraer E190-E2 jets
VTB Leasing is to finance the acquisition by the Tajik flag carrier of two newest E-Jets with delivery planned for early 2020 [...]
Another SSJ100 delivery for Russia’s Azimuth is set for December
The country’s fastest growing airline has signed a leasing agreement with Russia’s largest lessor [...]
Utair acquires more B737NGs while waiting for its delayed B737 MAXs
The Russian airline has signed a contract for two Boeing 737-800s and is negotiating for a further two [...]
Air Astana completes its Embraer E190-E2 delivery contract
The Kazakhstan flag carrier now has five of the new-generation jets in its fleet [...]
Lithuania’s AviaAM Leasing delivers two Airbus A321s to Bamboo Airways
It is lessor’s first client in Vietnam [...]
First Airbus A321neo for Ural Airlines
Russia’s maiden LEAP-powered A321neos have been provided by GECAS [...]
Russian, Saudi wealth funds and German investment group create an aircraft leasing company for Russia
Partners plan to invest more than US$600 million in the business [...]
Atran Airlines takes delivery of its second Boeing 737-800BCF freighter
The Russian express cargo carrier’s fleet now consists of six Boeing 737 aircraft [...]
Air Astana’s Airbus fleet grows to 20 narrow-body aircraft
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has taken delivery of its fourth A321neo [...]
Ratings agency Fitch rates GTLK Europe’s upcoming guaranteed notes BB+
But final rating contingent on the receipt of final documents [...]
Airbus A220-300 to be certified in Russia by the end 2019
The European plane-maker is in discussions with a number of Russian carriers [...]
Russia’s Rostec’s unit is in possession of a firm order for 35 Boeing 737 MAXs
But leasing company Avia Capital Services is demanding compensation for the delayed deliveries of the grounded jets – or it will cancel its order [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines reaffirms its faith in the Superjet
The world’s only all-Superjet operator has agreed to lease two more of the Russian regional jets [...]
NordStar finds a temporary alternative for the embargoed B737 MAX
With B737 MAX deliveries suspended, the Russian airline is bringing in additional B737-800s [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, leased from CDB Aviation
Russia’s first LEAP-1А-powered neo is part of the carrier’s fleet renewal plan [...]
GECAS will be the provider of the first LEAP-powered A321neos in Russia/CIS
Ural Airlines is planning to take delivery of two of the type in October and December [...]
Aeroflot to lease three Airbus A321neo aircraft
Russian flag-carrier has issued a tender to select a supplier for three Airbus A321s [...]
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo to launch Boeing 777F operations next year
Dubai-based company to lease three new B777 freighters to the B747F operator [...]
S7 Airlines’ Airbus A320neo fleet grew to 11 aircraft
SMBC Aviation Capital delivers first of eight A320neos to Russia’s second biggest carrier [...]
Opinion: Conflicting trends
Russian air transport industry must make a decisive effort to review its financial credentials [...]
Lithuania’s GetJet Airlines handed extra lift by GECAS
The US lessor has agreed to lease three A320s to the ACMI and charter carrier [...]
Discover how Russia and the CIS’ air transport business will become the biggest in Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Talk to market players at Aircraft Finance and Lease Russia & CIS conference [...]
Russia’s Severstal takes delivery of its first Superjet 100
Three more SSJ100s are planned for delivery to the regional airline till the end of 2019 [...]
New Middle East-based Superjet 100 operator to launch in 2019
Lebanon’s Alexcina Airways plans to take delivery of the Russian aircraft in the first quarter of 2019 [...]
Russia’s Promsvyazbank to underpin SSJ100 lease financing
Russia’s Promsvyazbank to underpin SSJ100 lease financing [...]
Alrosa Airlines to replace its vintage Tupolevs with Superjet 100s
Russian airline plans to complete the renewal of its jet fleet in 2019 [...]
Two more Russian operators opt for the Sukhoi Superjet 100
Alrosa and RusLine to lease two SSJ100s each in 2019 [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s Azimuth Airlines enthralled by its Superjets
Azimuth is the world’s only airline with its fleet made up entirely of SSJ100s [...]