Russia
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 [...]
Russia’s air travel industry hit by the spread of coronavirus
With Russian airlines suspending flights to China, the country has joined Egypt, Ukraine and Georgia on the list of banned/restricted destinations [...]
Bringing in Superjet 100s influenced Severstal Airlines traffic growth last year
The Russian regional airline’s operational results improved by 30 per cent in 2019 [...]
S7 Airlines’ passenger traffic grew by 12.4 per cent last year
Russia’s second biggest airline carried 17.945 million passengers in 2019 [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A321neo
The Russian airline’s neo fleet has now grown to five aircraft [...]
Rossiya Airlines to lease two A319 aircraft
Lessor is the USA’s GA Telesis' Leasing Investment Financing & Trading Group [...]
Rostec gets fired up over proposed new ‘made-in-Russia’ airline
After president Putin’s rallying call, the game is on [...]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport targets 100 million passengers by 2030
The first stage of the new terminal C at Russia’s largest airport is now operational [...]
The Airbus A350-900 is awarded a type certificate in Russia
National regulator Rosaviatsiya has validated the type ahead of its service entry with Russia’s launch customer Aeroflot [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic grew by 10.2 per cent last year, air transport authority reports
In 2019, the country’s airlines collectively carried a record number of 128.1 million passengers [...]
Russia’s Sheremetyevo is world’s most punctual airport
Moscow airport tops punctuality league table, latest data shows [...]
Passenger numbers grew by seven per cent for Russia’s Ural Airlines last year
The airline’s traffic fell short of its 10 million target due to the delays of the Boeing 737 MAX deliveries [...]
Low-cost Chinese carrier 9 Air launches flights to Vladivostok
China is a preferred travel destination for Russians living in the far east [...]
Moscow’s airports experienced contrasting rates of development last year
Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo recorded positive dynamics in 2019, whereas Domodedovo’s traffic slowed down again [...]
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines are granted IATA’s Level 4 NDC certification
In the space of a month, Russia's two biggest airlines have reached new levels in the international airline distribution standard [...]
Russia’s IrAero says good-bye to its Boeing 777 experiment
After an 18-month trial period, the Irkutsk-based regional airline has wound down its failed wide-body programme [...]
VEB, Russia’s state development facilitator, accepts five Superjet 100s on behalf of Aeroflot
They are the first of an additional batch of 100 SSJ100s due to be leased to the Russian flag carrier up to 2026 [...]
Russia’s Ural Airlines takes delivery of another Airbus A320neo
The aircraft is the 25th of the neo family on Russia’s commercial fleet roster [...]
S7 Airlines’ A320neo family fleet reached 21 aircraft
Russia’s second largest airline to add ten more Airbus A320neos next year [...]
Russia’s Pegas Fly takes delivery of third Boeing 737-900
The airline’s fleet has once again reached 14 aircraft [...]
Pulkovo airport to introduce seventh freedom of air starting early 2020
Several European LCCs have already expressed their interest in launching flights to St. Petersburg [...]
Fourth MC-21-300 joins flight test programme
The prototype will be fitted with a high-density passenger cabin, designed to accommodate 211 seats [...]
Sukhoi Civil delivers its first saberlet-equipped SSJ100 to Severstal
Completion of the Superjet 100 winglet introduction is two years behind schedule [...]
Kazakhstan to assemble initial batch of Mil Mi-8 helicopters
Russian Helicopters to supply 17 kits for final assembly in the central Asian republic [...]
Sheremetyevo and Aeroflot: growing together
Aeroflot benefits from Russia’s convenient geography to develop passenger flows between Europe and Asia [...]
All-Superjet 100 start-up Azimuth Airlines reaches operational breakeven
State subsidies have helped one of Russia’s fastest growing regional carriers [...]
Insight: Low-cost carrier Pobeda aims to outperform S7 Airlines
According to Aeroflot’s business strategy, its budget airline subsidiary may become Russia’s second largest carrier by 2023 [...]
Russia’s S7 re-allocates its aircraft within the group
Country’s second largest carrier S7 Airlines is close to absorbing its Globus subsidiary [...]
Aeroflot expands its Asia route offering with a second Japanese destination
The Russian flag carrier is to inaugurate direct Airbus A350 flights from Moscow to Osaka from next summer [...]
Azerbaijan lays the foundations for a Russia-produced helicopter MRO centre
Construction of a joint Mil helicopters service and repair facility has started in Baku [...]
Gazpromneft-Aero brings aircraft re-fuelling out of the shadows
The Russian company, together with IFQP and JIG, is placing the business of jet re-fuelling in the spotlight via friendly international competitions [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan brings in a fourth aircraft and performs its first international flight
Zhukovsky, near to Moscow, is the Kazakh low-cost carrier’s first international destination [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic growth rate slows down towards the end of the year
The country’s airlines enjoyed 10.6 per cent passenger growth in the first 11 months of 2019 [...]
Wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the CRAIC CR929 is carried out by TsAGI
A series of wind tunnel tests performed in Russia, China and the EU will propel the Sino-Russo wide-body aircraft project to the next development stage [...]
Airframe of MC-21 is assembled ready for testing with Russia’s PD-14 engines
The installation of systems, wing and tail assembly will follow shortly [...]