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 [...]
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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 [...]
Russian airlines passenger numbers plummeted by 91.8 per cent in April
S7 Airlines outperformed flag carrier Aeroflot in the pandemic-stricken market [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda to resume flights on up to 73 routes
Russia’s only budget airline will be airborne again from June 1 [...]
Russian maintenance provider launches timely engine re-delivery product
S7 Technics is now specialising in the re-delivery of CFM56-3/-5B/-7B engines [...]
Russian government finally allocates bailout strategy for airlines
Having previously declared RUB23.4 billion in state support for the country’s air transport industry, businesses may now receive an additional RUB30 billion [...]
Captain of the crash-landed Superjet 100 gives first public interview, denies the charges
Russia’s prosecutor blames the pilot for the crash ahead of the publication of the Interstate Aviation Committee’s final investigation [...]
Aeroflot suggests international services could resume in mid-summer
In an optimistic outlook, Russia’s largest carrier sees July as a possible slow re-start target for international flights [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss reached US$215 million in the first quarter of 2020
Russia’s largest airline group is also predicting a significant degradation in its financial position in the second quarter [...]
S7 Technics gains EASA Part-21 G approval for aircraft cabin carpets production
Which gives it an ability to speed up the replacement process of aircraft cabin carpets [...]
Utair suggests a new debt restructuring plan
The debt-stricken Russian airline is asking creditors to partially write off debts and extend grace periods [...]
Russia’s airlines will need US$5 billion in state support, says owner of S7 Airlines
Vladislav Filev insists that a level playing field for all industry participants should take priority over direct state support [...]
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 [...]
As Utair’s passenger numbers collapse 10-fold, the Russian airline is moving into cargo
After the grounding of half of its fleet, the carrier’s daily flights schedule has been reduced five-fold [...]
Aeroflot given 300 million roubles to sustain its air connections with Kaliningrad
Market suspicions that the Russian government will exclusively support the state-owned flag carrier through the COVID-19 crisis appear to be materialising [...]
Russian passenger airlines pin their survival hopes on the freight market
Nordwind, Pegas Fly and S7 are all deploying passenger airliners to transport cargo shipments between China and Europe [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Aeroflot to ‘BB-‘ with negative outlook
The state ownership factor is responsible for a two-notch uplift in Russia’s flag carrier’s rating status [...]
Putin allocates US$310 million of state funds to Russia’s troubled airlines
The sum amounts to less than the country’s airlines’ combined fixed costs in the second quarter of 2020 [...]
Aeroflot further cuts its domestic flight frequencies
The second wave of service reductions includes its most popular routes [...]
S7 Airlines calls for the reimbursement of direct fixed costs
Russia’s second largest airline is urging the government to provide more specific measures to help airlines through the crisis [...]
Russia’s government commits to protecting airlines from bankruptcy
The country’s minister for economic development, has promised state support for the acutely disrupted air travel industry [...]
Ural Airlines parks a third of its aircraft fleet
Russian carrier’s route network had decreased by more than 50 per cent [...]
Russia’s largest airport presents two possible crisis development scenarios
Sheremetyevo is not anticipating the re-launch of international services before July [...]
Ural Airlines leads the world in utilisation rates for the Airbus A320neo
The Russian airline improved its financial performance five-fold last year [...]
S7 Technics to perform heavy maintenance work on Air Astana’s Boeing 757s
The Russian company is the only MRO provider beyond Urals qualified for the type's heavy maintenance [...]
Russian airlines traffic numbers slumped by 26.6 per cent in March
LCC Pobeda was the only one in the top-five to see year-on-year growth in the first month of the Coronavirus crisis [...]
Russia’s combined active wide-body aircraft fleet is slashed six-fold
The enforced aircraft grounding has affected dozens of Russian and foreign lessors [...]
Yakutia Airlines’ Superjet 100s to serve UN missions in Africa
Russian airline wins its first contract with the international peacekeeping organisation [...]
Utair wins UN contract for the deployment of Irish forces to Syria
The contract may increase the chances of survival for the Russian airline in the ongoing air travel market crisis [...]
The air transport enterprises deemed ‘strategic’ by the Russian government
The updated version of the list of companies eligible for state support has finally been released [...]
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 [...]
Russia’s airlines permitted to extend the contracts of their foreign captains
The duration of the regulation has been extended by five more years [...]
Russia’s busiest airport closes three of its five passenger terminals
Severely reduced operations have forced Sheremetyevo to scale down [...]
Russian government adds large regional airports to ‘strategic enterprises’ list
As the country’s airports have already lost some 75 per cent of their expected traffic [...]
Small Russian airlines ask for government help
All country’s airlines should be equally eligible for state support, experts believe [...]
S7 Airlines is confident it is strong enough to survive the crisis
Nevertheless, Russia’s second largest carrier slashes its summer programme by 50 per cent [...]
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades Domodedovo airport to BB
The credit status of Russia’s second largest airport is down because of the Coronavirus outbreak, the outlook is negative [...]
VTB Leasing grants lease payments holiday to another Russian airline
Russia’s state-owned lessor has agreed a bailout deferment plan with Utair [...]
Full lock-down of domestic air travel in Russia is a possibility
The Russian government is considering imposing restrictions on movements within the country [...]
Just before the crisis: Russian airlines’ positive operational performances for January and February 2020
These two months are the final period of ‘normal life’ that will be used as the baseline for all future comparisons [...]
LCC Pobeda is Russia’s first big airline to voluntarily suspend all operations
Because of the COVID-19 fallout, all flights of Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary have now been grounded for two months [...]
Russia suspends all air connections with foreign countries
From March 27, only evacuation flights will cross Russia’s borders [...]
Interview: Andrey Egorov, general director of KrasAvia, on the COVID-19 crisis, the ATR-72 project and the woes of the depressed oil industry
“In our industry people are too valuable to cast aside. So we’ll try to survive together.” [...]
Blitz-Interview: Smartavia’s Viktor Anoshkin on the airline’s operations amidst the COVID-19 crisis
“Airline bankruptcies are likely to follow, and the recovery period won’t be a quick one” [...]
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 [...]
Fitch revises Aeroflot’s outlook to ‘negative’ and affirms its rating as ‘BB’
The Russian flag carrier's 'BB' status reflects a two-notch uplift for state support [...]
Russia suspends all international air connections
Aeroflot has been granted monopoly rights to continue flights to the world’s capital cities, most of which are now inaccessible [...]
Aeroflot starts grounding its aircraft in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
In the most optimistic scenario, the Russian flag carrier will have to mothball a quarter of its fleet [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines takes another Airbus A320neo as it continues domestic flying
SMBC Aviation Capital has delivered the third unit of an eight aircraft deal to the country’ biggest private carrier [...]