S7 Airlines and Ural Airlines outpaced Russian traffic growth
S7 and Ural Airlines’ traffic grew against a background of weak growth of Russian carriers’ cumulative traffic [...]
Trending
Komiaviatrans proposed to increase its fleet with SSJ 100
The airline does not wish to roll out routes for large carriers [...]
Aviation training in Azerbaijan
Russian Aviation Insider reports on its visit to the National Aviation Academy in Baku [...]
Data retrieved from both of the crashed Flydubai 737’s recorders
The works at the crash site have been completed, and the preliminary results will be known within one month [...]
Russian contractor with Turkish ties to build terminal in Sheremetyevo Airport
The construction is planned to be completed by the beginning of the FIFA World Cup [...]
Flydubai Boeing 737NG crashed in Rostov-on-Don
The aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed at the runway during the second landing attempt. [...]
Russian authorities ban Metrojet operations
The Russian airline fell victim to political consequences of a terrorist attack, which brought down its Airbus A321 over Sinai Peninsula. [...]
Russian MRO sector benefits from weak ruble
The fall in the ruble exchange rate has had a stimulating effect on the domestic MRO sector [...]
Who will look after Ruslan?
Continued airworthiness of Russian-operated An-124-100 is at stake as Ukraine's OEM finds itsself affected by the politics [...]
Mubadala Development interested in shares of Russian Helicopters
Rostec may sell up to 25% of its rotorcraft subsidiary to the Arab investment fund [...]
CityJet to receive its first SSJ-100 in May
The Irish carrier will be the first European operator of the Russian-made regional aircraft [...]
Fitch affirms Aeroflot’s rating at B+
Russia’s largest airline is also removed from the agency’s Rating Watch Negative [...]
Belavia plans to carry 15% more passengers in 2016
The flag carrier of Belarus is generating transit flows and renewing its fleet [...]
Left half-wing for MC-21 prototype delivered to final assembly
The right half-wing is already being attached to the fuselage at the assembly line in Irkutsk [...]
SR Technics and Engineering Holding set up an engine maintenance shop
The station in Domodedovo will provide services for CFM56 without removal from wing [...]
The end of la Belle Époque of Russian aviation
Protracted crisis caused by unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical shifts is reshaping Russian commercial aviation market [...]
Aeroflot’s revenue grew 30% in 2015
Mounting expenses and unfavorable economic conditions, however, affected the group’s financial results. [...]
Russian air carriers began the year with a decrease in traffic
But Transaero’s bankruptcy enabled Aeroflot to take over the half of the local market. [...]
Vnukovo will go private
Following Sheremetyevo, the government reduces its stake in another one of Moscow’s airports [...]
SCAT Airlines preparing to operate SSJ 100s
The Kazakh carrier’s technicians have started their maintenance training program for the type
[...]
Russian Government reconsiders its share in Sheremetyevo
As a result of complicated transactions, Moscow’s largest airport may end up in private hands within the next 25 years [...]
Top-20 Russian airports by cargo traffic
Cargo volumes processed by Russian airports decreased acrossed the country, but most airports retained their positions on the list
[...]
Kazakh carriers are once again allowed to fly to Egypt
Air connection between the two countries was suspended after a fatal crash of Metrojet’s A321 over Sinai in November last year [...]
Ukrainian carriers’ traffic grew 1.9% in January
The country’s airports recorded 1% YOY growth [...]
Ramenskoye Airport will open in March
The airport has ambitions to become Moscow’s fourth air gate [...]
Share of foreign carriers on the Russian market decreases to 9.4%
Russia is becoming more independent from foreign airlines, head of Russia’s aviation authority explains [...]
UAC introduces changes to corporate management
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation published job descriptions for 11 vice-presidents [...]
Air Astana to enlarge its presence in Russia in 2017
Kazakhstan’s national air carrier also establishes routes to Asian destinations. [...]
Russian carriers lost 1.2% of passenger traffic in 2015
Cargo segment was noticeably better off [...]
Sheremetyevo reclaims title of Russia’s busiest airport
The top 10 ranking of Russian airports has reshuffled from the previous year with record growth and some losses [...]
Russian-owned cargo carrier receives British AOC
Cargologicair will focus on charter flights to Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific
[...]
S7 Group’s traffic grew 5.6% in 2015
Transaero’s bankruptcy is likely to make S7 Russia’s second largest carrier. [...]
Russia tests High Speed Helicopter Technology Demonstrator
Russian Helicopters reports on progress in high-speed rotorcraft project. [...]
MC-21’s wing delivered to Irkutsk
A composite wing panel of the aircraft’s first prototype has reached the final assembly line. [...]
Russia lifts import duties for Superjet 100 rivals
The new rules of the Eurasian Economic Union call for duty-free import of passenger aircraft with 51-300 seat capacity [...]
Open skies accord between Ukraine, US comes into force
The liberalization agreement signed in the summer of 2015 comes into force [...]
Russian airlines’ 2015 traffic level with 2014
Russian carriers served around 93 million passengers in 2015. [...]
Merged Aeroflot subsidiaries to receive single AOC
Donavia and Orenair's Air Operator Certificates will be called back after the airlines merge to form a unted Rossiya airline [...]
Baku Airport has regional hub ambitions
Open Sky between Azerbaijan and the EU could help Baku attract international carriers [...]
UTair seals debt portfolio refinancing deal
It is the final step in the airline’s financial rehabilitation effort. [...]
MC-21 flight tests moved to end of 2016
The airliner’s rollout is now postponed to mid-2016 [...]
Mi-38 heavy helicopter certified In Russia
Federal Air Transport Agency awarded certificate to the helicopter's transport version [...]
Aeroflot subsidiaries to complete merger by April 2016
The new Rossiya will merge with Donavia and Orenair, with bases in St. Petersburg and Vnukovo [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic hits record low in November
The traffic fell record 11.8% YOY last month [...]
Yerevan Airport counting on liberalization of air travel
Armenia’s main airport tries to attract new carriers with expanded facilities and Open Sky regime [...]
Russian Parliament approves drone registration rules
All UAVs weighing over 250 g are to be registered as aircraft, the government says, over concern of their use for terrorist acts [...]
Russian company looking to assemble foreign aircraft outside Yekaterinburg
Ural Works of Civil Aviation has signed agreements with Bell Helicopter, Airbus Helicopters and Aircraft Industries to organize production of their models in a special economic zone [...]
Weak ruble helps Russian aircraft painters
The strengthening of the dollar and euro against ruble has made Russian paint shops’ prices more attractive [...]
Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport reports traffic decrease for first time in years
Transaero's exit and the ban on flights to Turkey and Egypt caused international traffic through Vnukovo plunge by 53.7% [...]
IFly airline to add new aircraft types
This charter operator adapts to a new reality of the Russian leisure market. [...]