Russian October airline traffic down 25% under sanctions
Passenger numbers on Russian airlines were 25% lower in October 2022 compared with a year earlier, the Rosstat state statistics service said on Wednesday, as the industry continues to be…
Russia will deliver just half of its planned SSJ100s in 2022: report
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will deliver just 10 of a planned 19 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jets in 2022, according to a new report by Russian newspaper Izvestiya. This…
Turkey will not buy Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia instead of American F-16, big blow to Putin
Turkey has intensified the search for another option after the cancellation of the deal for F-16 fighter jets with America. Turkish media have reported that if the F-16 plan fails,…
Russia aiming to fly solo without Airbus and Boeing
Russia’s aviation industry will aim to go it alone without the West, using locally built parts to produce 1,000 airliners by 2030 and end a reliance on Boeing and Airbus,…
Russian pilots should repair aircraft themselves, says official
Russia’s pilots should become mechanics and learn how to maintain aircraft themselves, according to the country’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Oleg Bocharov. “Together with the Ministry of transport…
Iran to form aircraft maintenance consortium with Russia, China, India: report
Iran will form an aircraft maintenance consortium together with Russia, China and India, reports indicate. The Head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh said the…
Russia modified Belarusian planes to carry nuclear weapons: Lukashenko
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said the country’s Air Force now has aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. “Some time ago, me and Putin announced in St. Petersburg that we were…
INCIDENT | An airport employee was killed when walking into the running propeller of an Antonov An-24
An airport employee was killed at Russian Airport. On 19 August 2022, a ground airport employee was killed when inadvertently walking into the running propeller of an aircraft. The man…
Video shows Ukrainian drone strike hit Russian headquarters in Crimea
Image : Ukraine Weapons Tracker / Twitter Several videos showing what appears to be a Ukrainian drone striking the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea, have…
European Commission Supports ICAO Condemnation of Russia’s Aviation Law Violations
Since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine, commercial aviation has been one of the sectors that have been impacted the most by the hostilities. The Ukrainian airspace…