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On February 15, Gazpromneft-Aero reduced the cost of jet fuel for the aircraft fleet of Transaero Airlines at Russian airports by 500 rubles per 1 ton. This is not the first time the prices have been reduced in February. On February 9, Gazpromneft-Aero reduced the cost of jet fuel provided ...
On February 18, 2011 a new special shop will be officially opened at NPO Saturn under the SAM146 serial engine production development. The manufacturing of rotor blades and sectors of turbine nozzle assembly with low pressure of SaM146 engines will be localized here. Captive manufacture, work process organization using lean ...
UTair Aviation, which includes UTair, UTair-Express LLC, UTair-Ukraine, CJSC UTair-Cargo, JSC Nefteyugansky, Helisur, UTair Europe s.r.o. and UTair South Africa (Pty) Ltd, has shown steady growth in production figures in 2010. In 2010, the aircraft and helicopters operated by the group served 5 million 769 thousand 601 passengers, which is ...
Volga-Dnepr Group will spend over $400 million on the upgrade of An-124-100 before 2018. The aircraft upgrade program includes two phases. The first one implies the research and development work and the second one provides for the upgrade of avionics and the engines in accordance with the ICAO standards. The ...
In January 1, 2011 Sheremetyevo International Airport served 1 million 454 thousand passengers, which is 20,5% as much as in January 2010. Passenger traffic on international routes in January rose by 19.1% to 971,059 people, domestic flights - by 23,4% to 482.9 thousand. In 2010, Sheremetyevo International Airport provided 15,932 ...
Rosoboronexport and a Bangalore-based Axis Aerospace and Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to manufacture improved avionics in India. Electronic equipment and communication facilities will be created by using technologies based on electronic circuits with a speed of one million operations per second. Among ...
Latvian airline airBaltic carried 187,236 passengers in January 2011 (from Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn), representing 6% decrease comparing with the same month in 2010, when airBaltic transported 199,085 passengers. In January, airBaltic operated 4,138 flights, or 3% more than in January 2010 when airBaltic operated 4,011 flights. The airline's load ...
On February 10, 2011 the meeting between the management of Transaero Airlines and Moscow Domodedovo International Airport was held. They discussed the issues of adopting additional measures to ensure aviation safety. Transaero Airlines in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations and the current Russian legislation agreed to voluntarily provide additional ...
Fitch Ratings confirmed the ratings of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft including IDR and debt ratings: Long-term IDR affirmed at "BB", outlook "positive"; Short-term IDR affirmed at "B"; Long-term local currency IDR is affirmed at "BB", outlook "positive"; Short-term local currency IDR is affirmed at "B"; Senior unsecured foreign currency rating was ...
According to January results passenger traffic had a total enrolment of 565 484 people, which is 17,4% more than it was in January 2010, including: • International airlines passenger traffic to foreign countries in January 2011 had a total enrolment of 227 872 people, which is 13,6% more than the ...
Eurocopter Vostok delivered EC135 with VIP configuration to ChelAvia. The leasing deal was financed by Sberbank Leasing. The helicopter was delivered at the plant of Eurocopter in Danovorte (Germany). ...
On February 11, 2011 Boeing 737-800 of Yakutia Airlines landed at the airport of Yakutsk. The aircraft fleet is being consistently implemented. It is the second aircraft of 737-800 type and the third one of the NG family added to the fleet. The airplane made the flight from Great Britain ...
Vnukovo International Airport handled 10 782 flights in January 2011 which is 4.2% as much as in the same period of 2010. Total passenger traffic exceeded 569 000 people. Domestic passenger traffic totaled 412 400 people in January 2011 which is 7.2% as much as in the same period of ...
OJSC Khabarovsk Airport has successfully passed the inspection of the Interstate Aviation Committee and received a certificate of conformity II Category ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) making it all-weather airport. On February 10, 2011 Khabarovsk Airport began to operate in accordance with the received certificate and is able to serve ...
In January 2011, AirBerlin handled 2 145 188 people which is 5.7% as much a sin the same period of 2010 (2 030 412 people). Cargo load factor increased by 3.5% from 68.8% up to 72.3%. The throughput capacity increased by 0.5% in January 2011 compared to the same period ...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has completed the first stage of testing a new biometric security system Broadway 3D by Artek Ventures, based on the use of one of the most reliable biometrics - a three-dimensional face surface. The system provides highly reliable automated recognition of the individual with a minimum of ...
Air New Zealand and Virgin Atlantic have signed a codeshare agreement under which they can now expand the range of options for passengers and a route network linking the UK and New Zealand. This codeshare agreement is preceded by a long-term interline cooperation, including a program for frequent travelers who ...
On February 8, Northern Capital Gateway announced the selection of general contractor for the works of the first stage of the development project of Pulkovo Airport. The winner of the tender involving six European companies was a joint venture, which on a parity basis includes the construction corporations Astaldi (Italy) ...
RusLine has expanded its flight geography signing a code share agreement with Ural Airlines on a number of domestic routes. The 7R code of RusLine will be placed on the flights of Ural Airlines: • from Moscow to Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Russia, Novokuznetsk, Saint - Petersburg, Chita; • from Yekaterinburg in ...
Number of passengers in the first month of 2011 increased by 22% compared to the same period last year by 22%. Growth rate of passenger traffic on domestic routes was 7% against the same period of 2010. Passenger traffic in this segment reached 36,427 people in January 2011. High passenger ...
Latvian national airline airBaltic has been acknowledged as the second best among world's airlines in online marketing by the Webbies Awards in the category Online Campaign of the Year for 2010. The Webbies Awards is an annual aviation web prize presented by the world's largest aviation publisher Flightglobal. The Online ...
UTair Aviation is launching weekly flights on the route Rostov-on-Don - Khujand - Rostov-on-Don route under the program of international route network expansion. The flight will be provided on Sundays deploying a comfortable Boeing 737-500 with two class configurations including 106 economy seats and 8 business seats. ...
Nizhny Novgorod Strigino Airport will become part of a new airport holding company established in the Russian Renova Group of Companies, which has successfully implemented large-scale program of development of Koltsovo International Airport. The possibility of involvement of Renova Group in the management and modernization of airports of Rostov-on-Don, Samara, ...
In January 2011, Tolmachevo International Airport served 162 694 passengers, which is 19.9% as much as in the same period of 2010. In January 2011, the airport handled 80 140 incoming passengers (an increase by the year 2010 - 19,7%), outgoing passengers - 75 656 people (up 22%), transit service ...
Polet Airlines is an official participant of foreign economic activity registered in EU countries. In January 2011, Polet Airlines has obtained a unique registration number EORI (Economic Operators Registration and Identification). Polet Airlines independently provides preliminary information to the customs authorities of the EU in the electronic form on cargo ...
On February 7, 2011 the passengers traveling with Transaero Airlines, departing from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, obtained an opportunity to check in via their mobile phones. Mobile check-in is available at m.transaero.ru. The new service is implemented on a modern technological platform which allows you to work with a variety of ...
In January 2011, total passenger traffic through Samara Airport has increased by 8360 people or by 9,1% up to 99 774 people. The highest increase in the number of air passengers continues on international routes (both scheduled and tourist). The number of air travelers on these routes has increased by ...
Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, including code-sharing of flights between Riga and Amsterdam. KLM offers convenient onward connections from Amsterdam to destinations in both Europe and overseas, airBaltic from Riga to destinations in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS. The new agreement ...
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 Type Certificate was presented today by the Russian Certification Authority IAC AR. The Official Ceremony was held in Interstate Aviation Comittee Aviation Register (IAC AR) Headquarters in Moscow at the presence of the Minister of Industry of Russia, Mr. Victor Khristenko. The Type Certificate confirms compliance ...
On February 4, 2011 the first flight of MiG-29UPG was provided at Gromov Flight Research Institute. The jet is a deep modernization of MiG-29 fighter jet designed by MiG Corporation for India's Air Forces . The flight lasted for about an hour with no remarks. ...
