A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of Aeroflot chief executive and head of the aircraft fleet design and development department, Mikhail Minayev, on charges of large-scale fraud. His arrest was reported by the RBK newspaper, citing its own source, while it was confirmed by the court’s press service to the TASS agency, writes the […]
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How Russian Airlines plans to circumvent sanctions
Some Russian airlines are flirting with the possibility of setting up Turkish-based carriers to circumvent sanctions, which have prevented them from leasing aircraft and accessing maintenance and repair facilities after the invasion of Ukraine. Nordwind Airlines-owned Pegas Touristik and Azur Air-owned Anex Tourism Group are considering setting up new airlines in Turkey and have been […]
Aeroflot: Schedule $ 3 billion inflow through the placement of new shares to order 300 new aircraft
Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot, which faces heavy pressure from Western sanctions and airspace bans, plans to raise $ 3 billion (2.81 billion euros) by issuing emergency shares, it said. Aeroflot, which is controlled by the Russian state, announced that its shareholders at its annual meeting approved the issue of 5.42 billion new shares, which can […]
A Russian Aeroflot aircraft has been detained in Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan court has seized an Airbus A330 aircraft belonging to the Russian airline Aeroflot and barred it from leaving the country until at least June 16. The decision was made at the request of the Irish leasing company Celestial Aviation Trading Limited. The Aeroflot website reports that the flight from Colombo to Moscow […]
Aeroflot: Bought 8 aircraft from foreign leasing companies
Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, announced on Friday that it had bought eight Airbus A330 aircraft from foreign leasing companies “under contractual obligations”, without naming them. International sanctions against Russia meant that Western leasing companies had to terminate contracts for more than 500 aircraft leased by Russian airlines. More than 400 of them, worth almost 10 […]
Sanctions in Russia: 20% reduction in Aeroflot passengers in March
Russia’s largest airline group, Aeroflot, on Monday announced a 20.4% drop in the number of passengers it carried in March compared to the same month in 2021, a drop mainly due to Western sanctions due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine from 24 February. In March 2022, a total of 2.20 million passengers were […]
Manchester United withdraws Aeroflot sponsorship
Manchester United has withdrawn its sponsorship of Russian airline Aeroflot following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Premier League football club has said. Russian Aeroflot was banned from flying to the United Kingdom yesterday after the Russian invasion, according to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. “In light of the developments in Ukraine, Aeroflot’s sponsorship rights […]
In Russia, they launch the Internet on short flights
Russia will soon begin to provide the Internet for passengers on short flights for the first time. This was reported by Izvestia. Aeroflot will be the pioneer; the service will begin to be provided in April. The corresponding equipment is planned to be installed on 16 of Aeroflot’s medium-haul aircraft from the Airbus A320 family. […]