Category: CIS

Irkut And SCAC To Be Merged Into UAC Corporate Center

Reading Time: 2 minutes The ongoing reform of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will see its corporate structure transformed into a single company and converted to a single share, reads the corporation’s statement. The process will involve merging the corporation’s subsidiaries Irkut Corporation and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), transforming them into a so-called corporate center. The decision was […]

Russia’s A320 And B737 Alternative Attracts Orders

Reading Time: 2 minutes After test flights were successfully completed in June, the Russian built single-aisle twinjet MC-21 is now being prepped for a second round of testing. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018 and Russian state media has said numerous contracts with domestic and foreign carriers have already been agreed, although it is largely expected to fill […]

BAA Training Gains Approval To Provide Pilot Training In Russia

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training, one of the largest aviation training centres in Northern Europe, is pleased to announce that it has renewed the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rostaviatsia) approval for Boeing 737 CL Initial, Recurrent and Renewal training. The approval also grants use of BAA Training’s own Boeing 737 CL Full Flight Simulator for providing training […]

Indonesia Is Still Undecided On The Purchase Of Russia’s MC-21 Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jakarta is still undecided on the purchase of Russia’s new MC-21 passenger airplane, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi told Sputnik on Wednesday, adding though that the jets could be in great demand in Indonesia. On August 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during his trip to Jakarta that Russia’s Irkut aircraft corporation […]

Squeeze On Airline Profits Might Have Peaked

Reading Time: < 1 minute Initial airline financial results from the second quarter of 2017 have been more robust than earlier in the year, and suggest that the squeeze on profit margins from higher costs and weak yields peaked in the first quarter of the year, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) July report. “Meanwhile, having trended downwards […]

Russia’s New MC-21 Airliner To Climb To 11km Altitude In Flight Tests

Reading Time: 2 minutes The flight prototype of Russia’s new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet will climb to an altitude of 11 kilometers for the first time in September this year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told TASS on Thursday. “The plane will start flying again soon, already in August. September is an extremely busy month. The plane should […]

Sheremetyevo Airport Completed The Construction Of Moscow Cargo

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sheremetyevo International Airport successfully completed construction of automated Moscow Cargo terminal with the an area of 43,000 m2 and annual capacity of 380 thousand tons of cargo. Implementation of this unique project was carried out within the framework of the program of Sheremetyevo Airport’s development and modernization for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the […]

Aeroflot Receives The 6th New Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed aircraft leasing company, announced that its joint venture with the Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China – has delivered the 6th Airbus A320 family aircraft. On the 15th of August, Airbus A321-211SL (MSN 7801) was handed over to the largest Russian […]

Antonov Planning To Build 70 Aircraft In Five Years

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukrainian state-owned airframer Antonov plans to assemble at least 70 aircraft within the next five years. The manufacturer’s marketing plan is based on “forecasts and assessments by experts and leading companies”, parent company Ukroboronprom says in a statement. Out of this number, Antonov expects to build 20 examples of the new An-178 transport which is […]

Iran To Build Civil Helicopters In Joint Venture With Russia

Reading Time: 2 minutes Iran’s Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) and Russian Helicopters Company plan to team up to assemble light Russian helicopters in the Islamic Republic, IDRO’s deputy director Abolfazl Kiani Bakhtiari announced. Mr. Bakhtiari said that apart from the Russian Ka-226 and Ansat light multirole helicopters the Iranians would also assemble their own Saba-248 cargo and passenger […]