Six Russian airlines demonstrate improved operational results in September
Russia’s domestic air travel grows 6.8 per cent year-on-year [...]
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Russian Helicopters’ subsidiary bought Italian aircraft designer
VR-Technologies needs Vertex Aero to achieve European certification of its VRT500 light rotorcraft [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September
This is the best result since April for the local industry [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines takes another Airbus A321
The private carrier is to take two more of the type before the end of the year [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines is the leader in Superjet 100 utilisation rates
The world's only operator of fleet composed entirely of SSJ100 managed to grow its passenger traffic by 3.4 per cent in August [...]
Moscow deemed reasonably safe for public events
Once the quarantine restrictions have been uplifted, the aviation community is eager to meet off-line to network and seek common solutions [...]
Superjet-New to be powered by Russian-made engines
The new modification of the Russian regional jet will get a $1.7 billion injection [...]
Emirates’ A380 returns to Moscow
Domodedovo Airport at Russia’s capital enters the exclusive club of six destinations served by the type [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 63.4 per cent of 2019 level in August
Low-cost carrier Pobeda boasts double-digit growth amidst the turbulent market [...]
Russia’s Red Wings starts transformation into role-model SSJ100 operator
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 [...]
TsAGI wins $18.4 mln state grant for supersonic research
Russia funds launch a dedicated scientific center for low-boom supersonic development [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic doesn’t reach half of July 2019 levels
Despite gradual recovery of the domestic market, remaining restrictions on international travel kept traffic levels low in July [...]
S7 Airlines to launch dedicated freight operations in November
The Russian airline is leasing two Boeing 737-800BCF from GECAS [...]
Pobeda Airlines demonstrates traffic growth in July
Unlike the low-cost carrier, Russian airline industry’s average was at 47.2 per cent of July 2019 [...]
Rossiya Airlines: from 62 Western-built aircraft to 235 Russian-made jets in eight years
Aeroflot Group has designed a whole new future for its St. Petersburg-based subsidiary [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines adds another Airbus A320neo
The airline is gearing up to re-start international service on August 10 [...]
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 [...]
UEC starts testing PD-35 fan demonstrator using composite blades, Russia’s first
The first stage of testing of the PD-35 engine fan demonstrator was conducted successfully on June 27 in Russia, Alexander Inozemtsev, managing director and chief designer of [...]
Aeroflot airline to reinvent its fleet with Airbus’ new generation aircraft only
Russia’s flag carrier considers to acquire 80 A350s and 94 A320neo family aircraft through 2028 [...]
Russia to re-launch international air travel on August 1
Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania are the first to open borders for Russian travelers [...]
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 [...]
Domestic traffic through Russia’s St. Petersburg airport recovers completely
Pulkovo claims to outperform London’s Heathrow, Munich and Oslo in July so far [...]
Russia completes second stage of wind tunnel tests on a model of an advanced flying wing commercial airliner
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute tested a scaled model for aerodynamic interference [...]
Aeroflot Group to let one airline go
The move paves the way for Aurora being the backbone of large regional carrier in Russia’s Far East [...]
Aeroflot Group targets 130 million passengers and 590 aircraft by 2028
Group’s general director Vitaly Saveliev showcases the new eight-year strategy [...]
Russian airlines’ June traffic at 22.5 per cent of 2019 level
Privately-run S7 Airlines has remained the country’s largest airline for three months in a row [...]
CR929 programme runs into more delays
The Sino-Russian wide-body project is plagued with communication issues [...]
Aeroflot expects complete domestic traffic recovery by year end; to add 8 more Superjets
Russia’s flag carrier is also hopeful to regain 80 per cent of international business [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines resumes operations of its entire fleet
During the pandemic travel lockdown the airline converted 12 of its aircraft for freight missions [...]
Russia extends restrictions on international flights till August
Other countries are in no rush to open borders to Russian travelers either [...]
Russia’s Azur Air resumes passenger flights
The international leisure charter carrier has launched scheduled domestic service [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic plunges 91.3 per cent year-on-year
The country’s carriers served 949,000 passengers in May [...]
Wizz Air to launch first operational base in Russia
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will operate 11 routes from St. Petersburg starting September [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
Interview: Pavel Udod, Azimuth Airlines’ chairman on why Russian regional airlines were better prepared for COVID-19 crisis
“There is an upward trend in passenger numbers, it is clearly manifesting itself.” [...]
Russian passenger traffic in early June triples compared to May
But it is still down six-fold year-on-year [...]
S7 Airlines plans on resuming all domestic flights in June
Russia’s largest private airline even adds new destinations to its domestic network [...]
Russia’s air travel market hits bottom in April
Last month turns out the worst for the country’s airlines so far this year [...]
Russian government ready to invest US$422 million in new far eastern airline
This huge amount is higher than the total funds that have been set aside as a bailout measure for the nation’s entire Coronavirus crisis-plagued airline industry [...]
Russia’s airlines schedule a significant increase in flight numbers from June
The country’s carriers are counting on the domestic leisure tourism sector to get them off the ground [...]
Aeroflot ready to spin off its Aurora Airlines affiliate
The group is proposing to relinquish its share in the Russian far eastern subsidiary to the administration of Sakhalin [...]
Once again, Aeroflot defers the launch of its new Krasnoyarsk regional hub
Because of the pandemic, Russia’s flag carrier has delayed its first regional hub programme for another year [...]
Boeing’s forecast for Russia and central Asia aircraft demand is unchanged
The region will still need some 1,300 aircraft in the next two decades, insists Boeing’s representative for Russia and the CIS [...]
Russia’s Azur Air to launch its own third-party maintenance service provider
It could be the start of a powerful new player in the Russian MRO market [...]
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company sues SKOL for three billion roubles
The nation’s largest lessor is allegedly pursuing the rotorcraft operator for outstanding lease payments [...]
The financial burden is eased for Aeroflot Group member airlines
The allocation of initial state subsidies have been approved for all the group’s carriers, except for LCC Pobeda [...]
Red Wings instructed to acquire 60 Superjet 100s by 2024
The airline, which is owned by the producer of the Russian commercial jets, has been assigned to buy them [...]
Aeroflot asks president Putin to relax passenger quarantines in the regions
The mandatory 14-day quarantine period for passengers arriving from Moscow is undermining the recovery of air travel [...]
Russian government finally starts allocating subsidy funds to airlines
The US$315 million funds from the governmental reserve are being made through the national aviation authority Rosaviatsiya [...]
Russian airport reaches annual freight volume target in four months
At the same time, Krasnoyarsk, Aeroflot’s first would-be new regional hub, registered an 88 per cent decline in passenger traffic [...]