All Aeroflot articles – Page 3

  • BA
    News

    BA cancels Moscow flights and re-routes Singapore and Delhi services around Russian airspace

    2022-02-25T10:06:00Z

    British Airways has cancelled its Moscow flight and will reroute its Asia services to avoid Russian airspace, as the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reverberates through the airline industry.

  • Aeroflot A350-c-Aeroflot
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    Russian air transport authority retaliates with ‘mirror’ ban on UK flights

    2022-02-25T09:52:00Z

    Russian authorities have imposed an airspace ban on UK-operated aircraft, including transit flights, following the UK government’s prohibition on Russian carriers in response to military action in Ukraine. The ban on aircraft owned, leased or operated by UK entities took effect at 11:00 Moscow time on 25 February. Russian federal ...

  • Aeroflot
    News

    UK bans Aeroflot as part of sanctions response to Ukraine invasion

    2022-02-24T18:41:00Z

    Russian carrier Aeroflot has been banned from UK airpace as part of measures disclosed by the country’s prime minister Boris Johnson today in response to the invasion in Ukraine.

  • Delivery-Montage-2021
    Airline Business

    Which airlines welcomed new aircraft types into their fleets during 2021?

    2021-12-30T09:30:00Z

    Established airlines around the world debuted aircraft types and variants in their fleets during 2021, despite the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We look back at some of the highlights, from nimble narrowbodies through to heavyweight widebodies. 

  • EasyJet, Eurowings, Ryanair, Mallorca airport
    Airline Business

    How far through the crisis are Europe’s biggest airlines?

    2021-12-20T10:13:00Z

    For European airlines, momentum had been growing across the year, in line with the successful roll-out of vaccination programmes. European short-haul travel began opening up in the summer with the lifting of quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers. That notably stepped up in the second half of the summer and into an extended shoulder season for leisure travel.

  • Aeroflot A350
    News

    Russian airlines and Airbus establish sustainable fuel alliance

    2021-12-13T11:53:00Z

    Russian carriers including Aeroflot, S7 Group and Volga-Dnepr Airlines are to co-operate with Airbus and energy firm Gazprom to create an alliance to support development of sustainable aviation fuels. The Eurasian SAF Alliance aims to carry out the first biofuel-powered flight no later than 2024. Fuel specialist Gazprom Neft says ...

  • Aeroflot fleet
    News

    Domestic lift helps Aeroflot turn a profit for the third quarter

    2021-10-29T16:28:00Z

    Aeroflot turned a group profit under Russian accounting standards for the first time since the pandemic in the third quarter, driven by a strong domestic traffic performance during the period.

  • Aeroflot 777-300ER-c-Aeroflot
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    Aeroflot enhances long-haul fleet with another pair of 777-300ERs

    2021-10-01T11:14:00Z

    Aeroflot Group is leasing another pair of Boeing 777-300ERs, sourcing the twinjets from a division of state lessor GTLK. The Russian operator already has 30 777s in its consolidated fleet. Aeroflot’s main operation has 20 777-300ERs while Rossiya has five -300ERs and five -300s. Aeroflot will receive the two additional ...

  • HAECO Signs Longterm Component Agreement with Aeroflot
    News

    Aeroflot picks HAECO for long-term component MRO support

    2021-08-25T07:55:00Z

    Hong Kong-based HAECO has signed a long-term component maintenance agreement with Russia’s Aeroflot. 

  • Pobeda 737-800-c-Pobeda
    News

    Aeroflot Group invests in reconfiguring 737-800s to expand Pobeda

    2021-08-19T11:52:00Z

    Aeroflot Group is to invest some $58 million in reconfiguring Boeing 737-800s for transfer to the fleet of its budget airline Pobeda. The group says it has postponed several investment projects as a result of the pandemic-driven air transport crisis. But during its half-year financial update the company states that ...

  • Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER
    News

    Aeroflot unveils first 777 with upgraded cabin

    2021-08-18T16:46:00Z

    Aeroflot has completed the cabin refurbishment of its first aircraft under a programme for its Boeing 777-300ER fleet.

  • Aeroflot
    News

    Aeroflot slashes interim losses as domestic recovery lifts performance

    2021-08-03T06:36:00Z

    Aeroflot Group managed to cut net losses by 38% over the first half, to Rb26.3 billion ($361 million) under Russian accounting standards. The company’s second quarter showed a “significant improvement”, it states, with a net loss of Rb1.4 billion in contrast to the figure of over Rb26 billion for the ...

  • Pobeda Boeing 737-800
    News

    Pobeda adds more Turkish routes following lifting of restrictions

    2021-06-28T15:05:00Z

    Aeroflot low-cost unit Pobeda is further bolstering its network of flights to Turkish tourism destinations following Russia’s recent lifting of travel restrictions to the country.

  • Aeroflot A321neo-c-Aeroflot
    News

    Aeroflot inaugurates new Krasnoyarsk hub

    2021-05-31T20:55:00Z

    Aeroflot has formally inaugurated its new international hub at Krasnoyarsk, intended to complement its Moscow Sheremetyevo base. It intends to open services from 1 June, with the first flight SU2878 operating to Blagoveshchensk. Blagoveshchensk will be one of five initial routes on the Krasnoyarsk network which will also include Krasnodar, ...

  • Aeroflot A320neo-c-Aeroflot
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    Aeroflot introduces first A320neo through lease from CDB

    2021-05-26T07:32:00Z

    Aeroflot has become the latest Russian carrier to introduce the Airbus A320neo, after receiving its first of the re-engined type. The aircraft (VP-BPQ), powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines, was originally delivered to lessor CDB Aviation in November last year but placed into storage. Aeroflot says the interior cabin “echoes ...

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    News

    Inquiry into fatal Aeroflot Superjet fire examines earlier Yakutia gear collapse

    2021-05-12T12:14:00Z

    Russian investigators probing the fatal Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 landing accident at Moscow two years ago have analysed a Yakutia Superjet overrun and gear collapse as part of an assessment of the type’s structures and components. After returning to Sheremetyevo airport on 5 May 2019 the Aeroflot aircraft landed hard, ...

  • S7 tail fin-c-S7 Airlines
    News

    S7 overtakes Aeroflot in first quarter after riding domestic wave

    2021-05-07T07:56:00Z

    S7 Airlines emerged as the largest passenger carrier in Russia over the first quarter of this year, tipping Aeroflot off the top slot, according to the country’s official civil aviation figures. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia states that S7 carried 3.56 million passengers over the three-month period compared with Aeroflot’s ...

  • Rossiya SSJ-c-Rossiya
    News

    Rossiya builds Superjet fleet as Russian domestic market picks up

    2021-04-23T07:47:00Z

    Aeroflot Group shifted another six Sukhoi Superjet 100s to Rossiya during March, bringing the number transferred to the airline to 14 over the first quarter. Rossiya’s fleet has increased from 67 to 81 aircraft over the three-month period as Aeroflot Group continued implementation of a strategy to use Rossiya as ...

  • Aeroflot-Pobeda 737-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
    News

    Pobeda takes on first 737-800 under Aeroflot Group fleet optimisation

    2021-04-15T11:48:00Z

    Russian budget carrier Pobeda has received the first Boeing 737-800 to be transferred to the operator under Aeroflot Group’s broad fleet restructuring programme. Aeroflot Group is re-aligning the fleets of Aeroflot, and subsidiaries Rossiya and Pobeda, as part of a strategic rethink on capacity allocation within its various markets. This ...

  • Krasnoyarsk new terminal-c-Krasnoyarsk airport
    News

    Aeroflot identifies initial routes for new Krasnoyarsk international hub

    2021-04-06T07:21:00Z

    Russia’s Aeroflot Group is intending to open its new international hub at Krasnoyarsk in June, after the expansion was delayed by over a year by the air transport crisis. Aeroflot’s board has decided that the hub will open on 1 June with a summer schedule including flights to Sochi, Krasnodar, ...