Insight: The dominance of western-built aircraft in Russia looks set to continue
Russia’s modern jetliner fleet dreams may fail to take off [...]
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Azimuth Airlines’ Superjet 100 fleet grows to 10 aircraft
The world’s only all-SSJ100 operator has taken delivery of another leased Russian regional jet [...]
Interview: Alexander Kava, Ukraine’s former deputy minister for infrastructure
‘Ukraine’s aerospace industry has no future – the time for its revival is irreversibly lost’ he says [...]
Russia hopes to sell Superjet 100s to Norwegian in exchange for Siberian overflight rights
Reportedly, LCC may take up to 40 of the Russian-made regional aircraft [...]
Volga-Dnepr mothballs An-124 capacity and cuts back on staff numbers
Russian carrier faces up to global cargo market slump [...]
Ryanair to launch flights to Armenia from Italy and Germany
The Irish budget airline is in a hurry to be ahead of arch-rival Wizz Air in establishing a foothold in the Caucasus country [...]
The first saberlet-equipped Superjet 100 to enter service by year-end
Sukhoi Civil is waiting for Russia’s aviation authority to complete the certification of the new winglets [...]
Turkmenistan Airlines is allowed to resume European operations
Supported by Lufthansa Consulting, the Turkmeni flag carrier has confirmed its new compliance as a TCO [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth slowed down in September
Flag carrier Aeroflot’s figures were flat in the month [...]
Russian, Saudi wealth funds and German investment group create an aircraft leasing company for Russia
Partners plan to invest more than US$600 million in the business [...]
Rossiya Airlines to transfer some of its Boeing 737-800s to LCC Pobeda and Aeroflot
The Aeroflot Group airline is to focus on mid-haul network expansion from St Petersburg [...]
One third of Russia’s second biggest carrier’s fleet to become all-economy
S7 Airlines is to rejig its A320ceos into all-economy configurations as the demand for affordable travel increases [...]
S7 Airlines’ Airbus A320neo-family fleet grows to 20
The new A320neo is based at Novosibirsk, Siberia [...]
Low-cost FlyArystan receives its third aircraft and opens its 10th destination
The Kazakhstan start-up carrier is also preparing to launch flights to Moscow [...]
Aeroflot starts phasing out its Airbus A330s
Russian flag carrier makes way for the brand new A350 expected early next year [...]
Russia’s Rostec considers three development scenarios for United Aircraft Corporation
All three plans require substantial governmental financial help [...]
Russian airlines continue solid passenger traffic growth in first eight months of 2019
But most of regional carriers have failed to grow their business [...]
S7 Airlines to base a fourth aircraft at Vladivostok
Russia’s largest private carrier is currently the second biggest operator at Vladivostok airport [...]
Russia’s all-Superjet 100 operator eyes the Airbus A220-300
Azimuth Airlines considers the Airbus A220 for fleet expansion [...]
Air Astana becomes the first CIS operator of the long-range version of the A321neo
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has a total of seven of the A321neo LR aircraft on order [...]
S7 Airlines to retire its Airbus A319 fleet
The airline is the largest operator of the type in Russia [...]
Moscow Sheremetyevo becomes Russia’s first three-runway airport
It has taken eight years and US$857 million to construct the new runway [...]
Early 2021 delivery of a fourth Boeing 777 for Turkmenistan Airlines
The latest aircraft will be the most capacious in the Turkmen state carrier’s fleet [...]
Ural Airlines’ second Airbus A320neo enters service
The Russian airline plans to take delivery of three more A320neo family aircraft before the end of this year [...]
JAL returns to its original Moscow airport to re-start Aeroflot codeshare
Japan Airlines is to relocate its Moscow services to Sheremetyevo airport after 12 years at Domodedovo [...]
NordStar joins International Air Transport Association
Russia’s regional air carrier has become country’s 11th member of global airlines’ grouping [...]
Russian government allocates funds for SSJ100 parts inventory
The spare parts pool for the SSJ100 will have more than 700 components [...]
Russia and China on final approach for a major CR929 milestone
Beijing may agree to the registration of an engineering centre located in Russia [...]
S7 owner: Russian industry has scrapped the Superjet 75 project
Vladislav Filev states that his airline’s order for the 75-seat version of the SSJ has been disregarded [...]
Airbus A220-300 to be certified in Russia by the end 2019
The European plane-maker is in discussions with a number of Russian carriers [...]
MC-21 adds a further 20 potential ‘soft orders’ to its sales portfolio
Yakutia and Bek Air are the latest customers for the new Russian airliner [...]
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines reaffirms its faith in the Superjet
The world’s only all-Superjet operator has agreed to lease two more of the Russian regional jets [...]
Aeroflot considers a part-IPO for Pobeda, its budget airline daughter company
Parent may float up to 25 per cent of Russia’s only low-cost carrier subsidiary [...]
S7 Group to merge Sibir and Globus
Russia’s largest private airline group is to complete the merger of its two subsidiaries before the end of this year [...]
Air Astana switches Moscow airport to enhance relationship with S7 Airlines
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier is to transfer its flight operations from SVO to DME to build on its strategic partnership with Russia’s S7 [...]
Russia’s aircraft industry is endeavouring to preserve its key competences
The Russian commercial aircraft industry is at the crossroads between international cooperation and the phasing-out of imports [...]
Low-cost Kazakhstan carrier FlyArystan chooses its first regional base
The country’s only budget airline plans to operate up to 12 routes out of Karaganda [...]
Air Astana’s financial results improved in the first half of 2019
Even though the leading Kazakhstan carrier’s traffic remained flat [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic growth remained solid in July
Passenger air traffic growth in the mid-summer month amounted to 9.9 per cent [...]
S7 Airlines temporarily becomes Sibir once again
In response to an ecological disaster, the Siberian carrier is temporarily reverting to its old name [...]
Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, leased from CDB Aviation
Russia’s first LEAP-1А-powered neo is part of the carrier’s fleet renewal plan [...]
INSIGHT: Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company bucks the trend
The private carrier expanded its fleet, gearing up for the IOSA audit, as country's airlines face declining passenger traffic [...]
Aeroflot’s net loss almost doubled in the 1H2019
Russia’s leading airline posted a US$220 million net loss, according to local financial standards [...]
GECAS will be the provider of the first LEAP-powered A321neos in Russia/CIS
Ural Airlines is planning to take delivery of two of the type in October and December [...]
LCC Wizz Air prepares to launch flights from Budapest to Minsk
New direct service is planned for spring 2020 [...]
Smartavia completes its 2019 fleet renewal with addition of another B737-800
Seven Boeing 737NGs replenish the carrier’s fleet this year [...]
Russia’s airlines retain high passenger growth figures
Passenger numbers increased by 12% in 1H19, the financial situation of the carriers remains a concern [...]
Sevenfold slump for Sukhoi Civil aircraft sales so far this year
Only three Russian-built SSJ100s have been delivered since the start of 2019 [...]
Aeroflot looks at acquiring airliners with 400-plus seats
Russia’s prime carrier’s consultant will help to determine the type of widebody required [...]
Russian security services demand the power to cancel international flights
Government is proposing new regulations to mitigate security threats [...]