Aeroflot to add 23 new destinations to its vast summer route network
A total of 292 routes offers the airline group in its summer schedule [...]
Russia
Sky Gates Airlines takes delivery of second Ilyushin IL-96-400T
Restored 27-year old widebody was previously operated by Polet Airlines [...]
Superjet 100 flies with Russian engines
Locally-made PD-8 replace the Franco-Russian SaM146 turbofans, the production of which was suspended in 2022 [...]
Aeroflot posts first full year profit since pandemic
Russia’s largest airline group achieved a substantial improvement of both operational and financial performance in 2024 [...]
Supporting Russia’s fleet of Western-built aircraft is a humanitarian necessity – AmCham Russia
The U.S. business urged to lift aviation sanctions on Russia [...]
Rosaviatsiya: Russian airlines’ passenger traffic to decline in 2025
Country’s aviation regulator expects 109.7 million passengers to be transported this year [...]
Aeroflot promotes initiative towards harmonization of Russia’s continued airworthiness system with international standards
Russia needs to adapt its continued airworthiness regulations in a way that would be harmonized with ICAO principles [...]
Russia’s Smartavia passenger traffic decreased by 6.7%
Crowded domestic market and fixed fleet are to blame [...]
Russian airlines 2024 traffic exceeds the pre-sanctions level
The passenger number growth was achieved through international traffic increase [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines passenger traffic fell one per cent short of pre-crisis levels
But the number of domestic passengers dropped by 18% [...]
Aeroflot continues regional hubs development
Aeroflot Group airlines achieved operational growth at all its key regional bases [...]
S7 Airlines stays in Top-3, despite GTF challenges
Russia's largest private airline carried 12.9 mln passengers in 2024 [...]
Aeroflot 2024 traffic growth exceeds the Russian industry average three-fold
Russia’s flagship carrier recorded double-digit growth both of its international and domestic traffic [...]
Russia’s Utair saw its traffic grow by 5.8% in 2024
This is still 17.5% below the level achieved in pre-crisis 2019 [...]
LCC Pobeda carries 90 million passengers in its first decade
Aeroflot’s budget subsidiary is expected to serve 13.6 million passengers in 2024 [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic exceeds 95 million passengers in 10 months of 2024
October passenger traffic saw growth of 6.5 percent year-on-year [...]
Russia’s Red Wings takes delivery of a new Superjet 100
The aircraft is one of the last in the batch assembled in the type’s original configuration with western-made components [...]
Aeroflot to add 33 destinations to its winter schedule
Aeroflot Group airlines will collectively provide service to 260 destinations in the coming season [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic grew by 4.8% in September, helped by abnormally warm weather
Domestic passenger traffic returned to growth [...]
S7 Airlines switches to Russian ACARS
The locally-provided service now covers all of the airline’s main routes [...]
Aeroflot to spend US$300 million on replacing foreign IT products
Russia’s largest airline group successfully transitions to local IT products and services [...]
GTLK becomes the largest customer for SJ-100, IL-114 and Tu-214 aircraft
The lessor will purchase a total of 238 Russian aircraft [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic grew 4% in July
But dynamics is slowing [...]
Aeroflot reveals top destinations for the first half of 2024
Moscow – Sochi tops the list of Aeroflot’s most popular domestic destinations, Moscow – Istanbul is the leader in the international segment [...]
Russian domestic passenger air traffic starts a slow descent
The number of passengers on domestic flights fell by 1.4% year-on-year in July [...]
Commercial aviation safety in Russia remains in line with the global trend – Rosaviatsia
The number of aviation accidents in Russia has reduced, according to the country’s aviation authority [...]
Russia’s Azur Air carried more than 1 million passengers in six months
...but this is only 45% of the pre-pandemic level [...]
Russia’s aviation authorities anticipate seven per cent traffic decline in 2024
Country’s passenger numbers may fall due to forced grounding of dozens of GTF-powered A320neos [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic to BRICS countries short of 50% of the pre-pandemic level
Traffic to BRICS countries represents 10% of Russia’s total international traffic in 2023 [...]
Aeroflot’s financials outperform pre-pandemic results
Aeroflot posts net IFRS profits in Q1 – for the first time in its history [...]
The number of passengers at Russian airports increased by 6.7%
Traffic at Russia’s airports in five months reached 78.8 million [...]
Russian airlines’ April passenger traffic increased by 8.3%
But it still 8.6% below pre-Covid level [...]
Aeroflot adapts Russian IT system for strength analysis in MRO
CAE Fidesys will assist the MRO engineers in part design and facilitate creation of operation manuals [...]
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 [...]
The second Ilyushin IL-114-300 prototype turboprop has made its maiden flight
Regional aircraft program resumes flight test program [...]
Aeroflot Group offers nearly 270 destinations in summer schedule
Russia’s flag carrier group is the main driver of the international air travel recovery in the country, as well as the largest domestic carrier [...]
Ural Airlines reached record passenger traffic
Traffic volumes are noticeably higher than in pre-pandemic 2019 [...]
Russian airlines increased passenger traffic by 8.8% in January-February
15 million passengers were carrier in first two months of 2024 [...]
Russia admits challenges with import phaseout in commercial airplane manufacturing
Delivery of Russified Superjet and MC-21 versions shift to 2025-2026 [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic grew 7.9 per cent in January
LCC Pobeda became second largest airline [...]
Aeroflot claims decrease in the number of incidents as flight time rises
Rosaviatsiya published flight safety data, which indicates that reliability of aircraft operated by Russian airlines has not degraded [...]
Russia approves MC-21 to carry 211 passengers
Start of deliveries of the import-substituted MC-21 medium-haul aircraft is still scheduled for 2024 [...]
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 [...]
Aeroflot and Rosatom join forces to launch PMA component production for Western-built aircraft
Safe implementation of parts manufactured by a certified company other than their OEM is of utmost importance for the industry’s sustainability [...]
The baseline scenario for air transport in Russia improved
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic is projected to be 121.3 million in 2030 [...]
Aeroflot expands international traffic
The recovery of the Russian flag carrier contributes significantly to the local air transport market’s positive dynamics [...]
Russia’s international air traffic rose to its highest level since the pandemic
But this is still only 39.5% of pre-COVID levels [...]
Migration to local PSS gives greater flexibility to Aeroflot
Migration into Russian passenger service systems is a major milestone in ensuring sovereignty of Russia’s air transport industry [...]
Russian airlines’ October traffic down 25%
In the first ten months of 2022 Russian airlines saw their traffic decline by 14.3 per cent year-on-year [...]
Russia allows to return two Boeing 737MAXs to foreign lessors
S7 Airlines gets government’s approval for returning idling aircraft [...]