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NewsAeroflot chief sets out expectations for restoration of international network
Russia’s Aeroflot Group is hoping to restore 80% of its international services by the end of this year, and restore the network fully by the end of the winter season in March 2021. Chief executive Vitaly Saveliev has outlined the ambition during a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. ...
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Prosecutor to consider case against Superjet crash captain
Russia’s prosecutor general is to consider the case of an Aeroflot captain indicted over last year’s fatal Sukhoi Superjet 100 landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo. The federal Investigative Committee says it has completed its criminal probe into the 5 May 2019 accident during which the aircraft returned to the ...
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Aeroflot weighs options for long-haul fleet
Aeroflot Group is in the process of reviewing options for expanding its long-haul fleet, as well as how planned short-haul growth can be maintained despite uncertainty on the Boeing 737 Max family’s return to service.
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Aeroflot takes first A350 and confirmed as behind previously undisclosed order
Aeroflot has taken delivery of the first of 22 on-order Airbus A350-900s, which will be used to replace its A330 fleet.
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Aeroflot A350s and 777s spearhead three-year expansion
Aeroflot Group is nearing delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, a central part of the Russian operator’s fleet modernisation and international expansion strategy for the next three years. It will receive its first 316-seat Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered A350 at the end of this month, gradually using the twinjet type ...
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Aeroflot 777-300ER low approach probed after Moscow residents' alarm
Russian authorities have detailed a serious incident during which an Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER captured a false glideslope on approach to the new runway 24R at Moscow Sheremetyevo, descending to low altitude before executing a go-around. The incident occurred on 18 December and involved a go-around after the ground-proximity warning ...
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A350 obtains Russian certification ahead of Aeroflot delivery
Airbus has secured type certification for the A350-900 from Russian authorities, ahead of the delivery of the type to flag-carrier Aeroflot. Russian air transport regulator Rosaviatsia’s official documentation shows the type certificate was drawn up on 13 December. Airbus says the approval is an “important step” and has ...
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Cirium names Aeroflot as 2019’s most on-time mainline airline
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot is ranked as the world’s most punctual mainline airline in the On-Time Performance (OTP) Review released today by Cirium.
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Aeroflot seeks A350 sale-and-leaseback agreements
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot is planning to have 11 Airbus A350-900s in service by the end of 2020, following introduction of the type early next year.
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Aeroflot board to discuss A321neo and A320neo lease
Aeroflot is set to discuss agreements to lease three Airbus A321neos as well as three A320neos at an upcoming board meeting.
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Aeroflot A330 damaged in ground mishap with 777
One of Aeroflot's Airbus A330-300s appears to have suffered substantial wing damage during a ground incident involving a Royal Flight Boeing 777-300ER.
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Aeroflot Group sees 'stabilisation' in second-quarter figures
Aeroflot Group managed to keep its second-quarter operating profit flat at Rb20.5 billion ($309 million) under international accounting standards.
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New Saratov airport opens with Pobeda and Aeroflot flights
Commercial services have commenced at Saratov's new Gagarin airport, with Pobeda and Aeroflot conducting initial flights from Moscow.
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Aeroflot A350s appear set for US and Asia-Pacific service
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has indicated an initial set of routes on which it intends to deploy Airbus A350-900s.
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Siberian spat threatens Czech-Russian air services
Czech and Russian authorities are trying to resolve a dispute over route rights which has threatened to cut air transport connections between the two countries.
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Superjet crew may have attempted go-around after bounce
Analysis of the fatal Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 hard landing at Moscow Sheremetyevo indicates that the crew might have attempted a go-around, despite having activated reverse thrust.
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Superjet accident probe studies heavy-handed pilot inputs
Russian investigators probing the fatal Sukhoi Superjet 100 landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo are to analyse the reasons behind heavy-handed manual inputs by the captain, after the aircraft was hit by lightning and dropped into direct flight law.
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Lightning-struck Superjet did not request storm avoidance
Pilots of the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 involved in the fatal landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo did not request active measures to avoid a thunderstorm zone before the aircraft was struck by lightning.
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Investigators to release initial Superjet accident analysis
Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee has managed to reconstruct the entire ill-fated flight of the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 destroyed in a fatal fire at Moscow Sheremetyevo, as it prepares to release a preliminary analysis of the accident.
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One-time checks ordered for Superjet fleet
Russian authorities have ordered carriers to conduct a one-time inspection of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet, in the wake of the fatal Aeroflot accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo last month.
