MC Aviation Partners ("MCAP") announced today that it has commenced the lease of one used Trent-powered Boeing B777-200ER to Russian operator VIM Airlines. VIM Airlines was founded in 2002 and is based in Moscow Domodedovo Airport. It operates a fleet of ten Airbus A319-111 and Boeing B757-200 on regular and charter flights to domestic and international destinations.
Over 230 new and repaired aircraft and 158 helicopters were delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces last year, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told the country's Supreme Commander-in-chief, President Vladimir Putin. "In 2015 defense companies admitted and delivered new and repaired models for the Aerospace Forces: over 230 aircraft, 158 helicopters, 191 radar statio...
Test flights of Russia’s new all-weather reconnaissance and attack helicopters Kamov Ka-52 Alligator, produced within the framework of the 2016 state defense order have started at the Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company (Progress AAC, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding). Progress AAC is based in the town of Arsenyev in the Russian Far Eastern Primorsky territory. In accordance wi...
FAI Aviation Group has strengthened its commercial team with the appointment of Russian business aviation expert Victor Rudnov to therole of Director of Business Development, Russian Federation & CIS. This is a new position for the Germany-based aviation services company and reflects its growing international success. Based in Moscow, Rudnov will be responsible for expanding FAI’s foo...
Russian authorities have set a budget of RUB3.25 billion ($44.4 million) for nine carriers to take part in a government-subsidized program on flights between Russia’s Far East and other parts of the country. The nine Russian carriers taking part in the program are Aeroflot, Alrosa, Yakutia, Ikar, NordStar, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, VIM Avia and UTair. According to a government statem...
Russia’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 Blackjack supersonic bomber is expected to make its first flight in 2019. Moscow currently has sixteen of the original version of the Mach 2.0-capable bomber, which are the last surviving examples of the thirty-five aircraft built by the Soviet Union before its demise. Moscow hopes to build fifty new Tu-160M2 aircraft to upgrade its aging strategic bombe...
"The plane carried 224 passengers, all are fine", the press service of the local emergencies service said on Sunday A Boeing757/200, which operated a flight from Goa to Moscow, had to make an emergency landing in southern Astrakhan, press service of the local emergencies service said on Sunday. "A plane of the Royal Flight carrier made an emergency landing at 9:35 at t...
Russia’s S7 air group has established a new airline company in Cyprus, Vladislav Filev, a co-owner of S7 told reporters on Wednesday. The name of the new airline is Charlie Airlines, he said. "This is a new company. In England they called Cypriots "Charlie" and the company will be named Charlie Airlines," Filev said. In the 1970-s, "Charlie" was a popul...
Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, has bucked the trend of strong profits in the airline sector by reporting a loss of $88 million for 2015. Despite posting a 13.4 percent rise in passenger numbers and holding the lion’s share of the domestic market, Aeroflot lost money for the second consecutive year, reporting a 6.49 billion ruble ($88 million) shortfall. The company attribute...
The Russian military is developing sixth- and possibly seventh-generation fighter jets, looking into the future of air warfare, an Air Force commander has told journalists. Without revealing details, he said the planes would be both manned and unmanned. While Russia’s state-of-the-art Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet is undergoing trials and nearing entry into service with the Air...
The Sukhoi T-4 was a Soviet high-speed Reconnaissance, anti-ship and strategic bomber aircraft that did not proceed beyond the prototype stage. The T-4 had intake ramps similar to the XB-70, was made largely from titanium and stainless steel, and featured a quadruple redundant fly-by-wire control system but also employed a mechanical system as a backup. 5. First Flew in 1972 The first T-...
The first upgraded Ilyushin Il-76MDM (NATO reporting name: Candid) military and transport aircraft has performed its first flight at the airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute near Moscow, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene. After the successful flight, the test pilots from the Ilyushin Aviation Company who operated the aircraft were greeted by Ilyushin CEO Sergei Velmozhkin....
