Red Wings to double fleet in 2021 by adding SSJ100s, A320s and B777s January 12th, 2021 The Russian airline plans to bring in the total of 20 aircraft this year despite prolongued crisis [...]
Russia’s Red Wings starts transformation into role-model SSJ100 operator September 11th, 2020 UAC-owned airline has taken delivery of the first of the batch of 60 SSJ100 and reveals plans for further development of its ambitious project [...]
Red Wings instructed to acquire 60 Superjet 100s by 2024 May 18th, 2020 The airline, which is owned by the producer of the Russian commercial jets, has been assigned to buy them [...]
Lufthansa Technik signs new contracts with Russian airlines March 11th, 2020 The German MRO provider is continuing and expanding its technical support for airlines Red Wings and Smartavia [...]
Red Wings may be Russia’s next Boeing 777 operator March 5th, 2020 The all-narrow-body fleet operator owned by the parent of Russia’s aircraft industry is looking to lease its first wide-body aircraft [...]
Russia’s Red Wings resumes Tupolev Tu-204 operations February 28th, 2020 Bringing back Russian-made VIP-configured jet doesn’t interfere with plans for adding six more Airbus A321s this year [...]
Kyrgyzstan introduces Tupolev Tu-204s for the first time February 11th, 2020 SkyKG Airlines has leased two of the ageing aircraft type which are owned by Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co [...]
Russia’s Smartavia expands at St Petersburg as it continues fleet renewal November 18th, 2019 Second fastest growing airline is replacing its B737CL aircraft with NGs as it expands its service offering from Pulkovo [...]
INSIGHT: Introducing Russia’s Smartavia, your more friendly airline May 15th, 2019 Nordavia reinvents itself as a hi-tech and user-friendly version called Smartavia [...]
Red Wings scraps its Airbus A220 order and retires its Tupolev Tu-204s March 21st, 2019 The Russian state-controlled carrier will have an all-Airbus A320 fleet ahead of the arrival of the MC-21 [...]
Nordavia receives second B737-700 and is to sign for four -800s September 28th, 2018 Russian regional carrier is also planning to operate Airbus A220 next year [...]
Russia’s Red Wings adds capacity as it projects 150 per cent growth in 2019 September 21st, 2018 Ahead of taking delivery of 16 Russian-built MC-21 aircraft, the airline is to add 10 western-built jets to fleet [...]
Russia’s Red Wings picks routes for its future A220-300 July 15th, 2018 Russian airline secures approval for St Petersburg-Brussels services, a year ahead of the ex-CS300 delivery [...]
First CS300 deliveries to Russia expected in May 2019 June 22nd, 2018 Red Wings, Russia’s first customer for the new generation Bombardier jets, to receive six aircraft [...]
Interview: Evgeny Klyucharev, general director of Red Wings Airlines June 21st, 2018 “We are quite realistic about our role in the air travel market” [...]
Russia’s Nordavia’s first aircraft addition in nine years May 16th, 2018 Russian regional airline embarks on a fleet renewal programme [...]
Russia’s Red Wings is revealed as customer for Bombardier CS300s April 27th, 2018 Russian airline agrees operational lease order for six CS300 aircraft [...]
Russia’s Red Wings to take five more Airbus А321s April 12th, 2018 Number of А320 family aircraft in the airline’s fleet to grow to 12 [...]
CIS clients accounted for over 30% of FL Technics revenue in 2017 March 6th, 2018 Red Wings and Nordavia are the Lithuanian MRO specialist’s new customers [...]
Red Wings Airlines phases out two Tupolev Tu-204s October 28th, 2017 The manufacturer failed to extend the airliners' service life [...]
Russia’s Red Wings, Nordavia to merge October 17th, 2017 The two airlines' stakeholders will create a single holding structure [...]
Red Wings returns Tu-214 to lessor October 7th, 2017 The Tupolev used to fly for now-defunct Transaero Airlines [...]
Red Wings receives fifth A320 family airliner July 7th, 2017 The carrier is expecting delivery of yet another A320 in the near future [...]
Red Wings looking to reach profitability in 2017 May 23rd, 2017 Russian-made Tu-204s currently constitute the core of the carrier's fleet [...]
Red Wings receives its first foreign-built aircraft May 22nd, 2017 Russian carrier is planning to add five more A320-family airliners to its fleet (Ilya Martemyanov) [...]
First Airbus A321 readied for delivery to Red Wings April 22nd, 2017 The aircraft has already been painted in the carrier's livery [...]
Russian government has SSJ100 plans for Red Wings April 19th, 2017 The carrier is viewed as a possible base for promoting the type to Russia's regions [...]
IrAero takes delivery of fifth SSJ100 April 4th, 2017 The new aircraft is fitted out in a single-class 100-seat configuration [...]
Red Wings to mix all-Russian fleet with A321s February 28th, 2017 The airline is expected to replace them with Russia’s new MC-21 airliners in two years [...]
IFC to buy 100% of Red Wings airline November 2nd, 2016 Russian lessor will help the airline strengthen its position on the domestic market [...]
Red Wings Starts Operating Tu-214 September 8th, 2016 The aircraft with tail number RA-64518 was previously operated by Transaero [...]
Nordavia reconsidered its plan to become a low-cost carrier September 1st, 2016 Its shareholders made up their mind to go for a legacy network carrier in cooperation with the sister airline Red Wings [...]
Nordavia reports 41% traffic growth August 8th, 2016 Russian regional airline has taken over routes formerly operated by its sister airline Red Wings, after the latter parted with its SSJ 100s [...]
Red Wings to sublease Tu-214s from Transaero and Aviastar-TU July 12th, 2016 Although Transaero ceased operations as an airline, the legal entity still exists [...]
IrAero and Yakutia Airlines get ex-Red Wings’ SSJ 100s June 10th, 2016 One year ago Red Wings had plans to expand its fleet of SSJ 100s to ten aircraft [...]
Red Wings suspends commercial operation of SSJ 100 June 6th, 2016 Suspension followed a scheduled inspection of base facilities, which revealed non-compliance with the regulative requirements [...]
Red Wings Airlines: “We should get good synergy with Nordavia” April 15th, 2016 Red Wings' general director reveals how his airline and its new sister company will operate under one management [...]
Ilyushin Finance Company acquires Red Wings January 12th, 2016 The Russian leasing company gets Red Wings' shares in exchange for the carrier's debts [...]
Red Wings to move to Ulyanovsk December 9th, 2015 The airline changes legal address and expands route network from Ulyanovsk in exchange for tax preferences [...]
Red Wings reaches new heights with SSJ 100 November 18th, 2015 The Russian carrier claims to have achieved operating figures that top the type's operational redline [...]
Red Wings may become MC-21 launch operator September 22nd, 2015 The airline is also considering relocating from Moscow to Ulyanovsk for tax preferences and leasing Western-built aircraft [...]
IFC, Red Wings to jointly promote SSJ 100 to foreign markets August 25th, 2015 The Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) and Red Wings, a Vnukovo-based airline, are planning an unusual collaboration scheme to promote Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airliners to foreign markets. [...]