PJSC Aeroflot announces that it will make full payment to investors of the fifth coupon on its series BO-3 exchange-traded bonds. Payment for the fifth coupon period was made by PJSC Aeroflot in October 2015, when the Company transferred funds to cover in full its obligations under the coupon. However, due to the withdrawal of the banking licence of OJSC JSCB ...
When it comes to commercial airplane production, two companies essentially have the industry on lock: American-made Boeing and European-produced Airbus. Boeing’s 737, 777 and 787 models — as well as Airbus’ A320, A330 and A350 models — dominate airports across the world. Now, a Russian company is seeking to squeeze one of its planes right into the middle of the ma...
Passengers praised the pilots who safely landed a Boeing-777 with 350 passengers after an engine fire, and later, a chassis fire. Passengers of the Orenair plane heading to Moscow from the Dominican Republic thanked the pilots for their safe landing. It is not known why the plane, a Boeing-777 made in 2005 and thoroughly inspected prior to the flight, had the ac...
The blocking stake of Russian Helicopters may be privatized in 2016, the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Friday, adding that foreign investors may participate in privatization. "As far as Russian Helicopters are concerned we’re always searching for strategic, portfolio investors so it’s not ruled out that the blocking stake will be sold by (State Corporati...
Indonesia has agreed to purchase 10 Russian Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighter jets, according to Indonesian media reports. Indonesia’s Minister of Defense, General Ryamizard Ryacudu, will visit Moscow in March to sign the final agreement. Already in September 2015, Gen. Ryamizard announced that a decision to purchase Russian jets had been made. “A decision was mad...
Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) is among several state-owned entities the Russian government is currently considering as part of its accelerated privatization plans for the year. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week convened a meeting with Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev and other state bureaucrats to begin finalizing a list of firms and shareholdings that could be sold off. The Kremli...
«JetPort SPb» was established on May, 21st 2009. In the course of structure creation, and also personnel selection, experience of the leading Russian and foreign companies specialising on the organisation of groundhandling servises for business flights (business, private) aircraft, thanks to what in the company there is a number of the structural divisions providing continuous round-th...
ANSAT Helicopter is a light multipurpose helicopter in a VIP version that is designed to carry up to 7 passengers in style. One of ANSAT’S biggest advantages is that it has the largest cabin in its class. This allows achieving maximum comfort for passengers. And with the layout that has 5 seats, the comfortable cabin allows to have two closets, a full luggage compartment wit...
The design and manufacture of large commercial aircraft is one of the world's most challenging industries. Two aviation giants dominate the field: U.S.-based Boeing and European consortium Airbus. So can a Russian upstart succeed in its goal of redefining the market with a new aircraft concept whose unique characteristics place it in a category of its own? The new manufacturer is Mosc...
Oleg Storchevoy, the deputy head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, says the organization is assisting with the investigation into the crash of flight MH17 over Ukraine. However, the data it has provided has largely been ignored by the Dutch authorities. Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to express to you once more my sincere condolences over the terrible tragedy that claimed...
Four people were killed when a Mi-8 helicopter owned by the Russian Defence Ministry crashed on Monday in the Pskov region of northwest Russia, local news agencies reported, quoting the ministry. TASS said the helicopter was on a training flight when ground control lost contact with it. Accidents involving Mi-8 aircraft are frequent in Russia, which has been criticised for its poor air safet...
Russia's Chaplygin Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) plans to fit a glass cockpit to a modified example of the 1940s-vintage Antonov An-2 utility biplane as part of a programme of enhancements to the single-engined turboprop, the institute's chief designer Grigory Anokhin says. The cockpit will be installed in the institute's TVS-2MS, an An-2 fitted with aHoneyw...
