Russia extends its air connections ban to USA, Great Britain and UAE
Flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to New York, London and Abu Dhabi are exempt from restrictions [...]
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Rossiya Airlines consolidates all its Moscow flights at Sheremetyevo
The Aeroflot Group member is transferring its leisure flights programme from Vnukovo, Moscow to its parent’s capital city base [...]
Aeroflot extends elite level status for loyalty programme members by one year
The move is a reward for the loyalty of the Russian flag-carrier’s frequent fliers who are forced to limit their travel in the current environment [...]
Despite the hiatus, new international flights are launched to Russian airports
Moscow welcomes its first flight from Nha Trang, and Vladivostok now has more connections with Tokyo’s Narita [...]
MiG’s new maintenance base to service the Sukhoi Superjet 100
Its Lukhovitsy centre is hopeful of gaining the necessary FAP-285 approval before the end of this year [...]
Russian and Chinese engineers collaborate remotely on the CR929 due to coronavirus threat
All off-line communications for the joint wide-body aircraft programme have been suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak [...]
Coronavirus forces Aeroflot to postpone the launch of its first regional hub
Krasnoyarsk flight programme will be re-visited in the summer [...]
Russia imposes severe restrictions on air connections with Europe
Coincident with the WHO’s declaration that COVID-19 is now pandemic, flights to France, Germany, Italy and Spain are to be operated exclusively by Aeroflot [...]
Russia’s airlines continued to enjoy notable traffic growth in February
The country’s carriers served 6.5 per cent more passengers last month [...]
Interview: Vladimir Perekrestov, S7 Technics’ general director
Russia is no longer the country of ‘cheap labour’ [...]
Fokker Services receives Russian aviation authority approvals
The Dutch company wins a number of approvals from Rosaviatsiya for modifications including ADS-B Out, the ULD, and provisions for EFB [...]
Lufthansa Technik signs new contracts with Russian airlines
The German MRO provider is continuing and expanding its technical support for airlines Red Wings and Smartavia [...]
S7 Technics signs a unique consignment stock agreement with Satair
The exclusive aircraft spare parts distribution agreement is the first of its kind between Satair and customers in Russia and the CIS [...]
Danish firm opens first wheel and brake MRO in Russia
With the establishment of TP Aerospace Technics Russia, the workshop has become the first wheel and brake shop in Eastern Europe [...]
Ural Airlines to build a maintenance hangar at Zhukovsky, near Moscow
The large Russian carrier is gearing up to expand the Moscow aircraft maintenance market [...]
Smartavia to rejuvenate its Arkhangelsk airport MRO facility
Russian regional airline is seeking an international partner to re-launch its maintenance division [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines continues its upward flightpath
The all-Superjet 100 operator jumps three places in the league ranking of the nation’s airlines, moving straight to 12th place [...]
Red Wings may be Russia’s next Boeing 777 operator
The all-narrow-body fleet operator owned by the parent of Russia’s aircraft industry is looking to lease its first wide-body aircraft [...]
Aeroflot Group is expecting the delivery of 55 new aircraft this year
Russia’s largest airline conglomerate's combined fleet will reach 400 aircraft by the end of 2020 [...]
Aeroflot Group posts its first annual profit growth for three years
Russia’s largest airline grouping announced a net profit of 13.51 billion roubles in 2019 according to international reporting standards [...]
Gazpromneft-Aero extends its international refuelling reach
It is the first Russian company to join the JIG, the organisation dedicated to the development of jet fuel standards [...]
UTG Maintenance & Engineering focuses on heavy maintenance
Russian aircraft technical care specialist completed its first ever C-Check at its second Moscow’s base [...]
VD Gulf announce base maintenance contract with Moldova’s LCC FlyOne
Volga-Dnepr Group’s MRO specialist to provide heavy maintenance on two Airbus A320s at Sharjah [...]
Aeroflot accepts its first A350-900 wide-body airliner
The Russian flag carrier is the launch operator of the type in eastern Europe and the CIS [...]
Russia introduces new procedures for airspace infringements
Russia’s armed forces are authorised to bring down a civilian aircraft in an exceptional airspace infringement provided there are no passengers or hostages onboard [...]
UK-based Russian partner airline CargoLogicAir suspends its operations
At its own request, the cargo airline’s operating licence and AOC have been suspended for three months [...]
Ansat’s light utility helicopter is approved for the China market
Certification means that Russian Helicopters may now begin the deliveries of 20 rotorcraft units to China’s Emercom [...]
RusLine become Russia’s 12th IATA airline
The regional airline expects to benefit from the global association’s best practices [...]
The producer of Russia’s Superjet 100 becomes a division of Irkut
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co, the manufacturer of the Russian regional jet, is no longer a separate entity [...]
S7 Technics to focus on aircraft maintenance
Russian holding has undergone structural changes aimed at boosting the operational efficiency of its MRO businesses [...]
Low-cost carrier Pobeda doubled its profits last year
The Aeroflot Group’s budget airline subsidiary posted net profits of 4.9 billion roubles in 2019 [...]
Russia’s S7 Airlines brings in a 20th Airbus A320neo
The country’s second largest carrier also enjoyed robust January results [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines to launch a Mineralnye Vody base
With its Superjet 100-only fleet, the regional carrier is expanding its operations [...]
Russia’s Utair comes up with a new five-year recovery strategy
The financially troubled airline expects to rejuvenate its business model with a radical fleet-renewal programme and by concentrating on medium-haul markets [...]
Postponed Boeing 737 MAX deliveries jeopardise Pobeda’s growth plans
Aeroflot Group’s low-cost subsidiary is now targeting 12 million passengers this year, short of its initial projections [...]
Russia’s largest airport may be fully privatised
Sheremetyevo’s private shareholders have decided to purchase the current 30 per cent state ownership of the Moscow airport [...]
Russia’s largest cargo carrier switches from scheduled to charter operations to China
Volga-Dnepr Group operates ‘sterilised’ charter flights to the Coronavirus-hit country [...]
Insight: A round up of Russian airlines’ passenger traffic performances in 2019
Passenger numbers, trends, RPKs and seat load factors for last year’s top-20 [...]
Russia’s Smartavia targets three million passengers this year
The regional airline is to continue expanding its fleet with Boeing 737NGs [...]
Aeroflot and Japan Airlines codeshare ready for take off
Members of different airline alliances to further stimulate air travel connections between Russia and Japan [...]
Russia’s Azur Air enjoyed a 36.6 per cent surge in passenger traffic last year
The country’s largest charter carrier added six wide-body aircraft and served 5.8 million passengers in 2019 [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s top-30 largest airports in 2019
Growth at Russian airports slowed last year as 20 per cent of local airports suffered traffic declines [...]
Russia’s Pobeda reveals its 2020 summer season flight schedule
The country’s only low-cost airline is increasing its leisure destinations offering by 64 per cent [...]
Russia’s Utair 2019 results show a slight improvement
Despite some passenger traffic growth the airline has lost its top-five ranking [...]
Aeroflot’s net profits improved by 89 per cent last year
The airline failed to reach 2017’s levels though, according to its Russian Accounting Standards financial report [...]
Aeroflot is Russia’s only airline allowed to continue scheduled flights to China
The carrier may benefit from picking up more transit passenger flows between China and Europe [...]
For the first time Russia’s Utair sends a wide-body jet to Uzbekistan for maintenance
Uzbekistan Airways Technics to perform a C-check on one of the Russian airline’s Boeing 767s [...]
Aeroflot Group companies experienced mixed results in 2019
Russia’s biggest airline group’s combined passenger traffic was up by nine per cent last year [...]
Thales’ new advanced helicopter avionics suite selected by Russia’s VR-Technologies
The FlytX avionics suite will equip the VRT500 light coaxial helicopter currently being developed by a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters [...]
Italy’s Leonardo acquires rotorcraft developer from Russian-backed company
Lynwood Investments, which is associated with Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut, sells its Kopter business to Italian manufacturer [...]