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Lufthansa joins list of government bail-outs
Lufthansa bail-out: Lufthansa has become the latest flagship airline to be bailed out by its national…
Moscow looking to sell off Aeroflot’s Rossiya Airline subsidiary
Just days after shelving plans to privatise Aeroflot, Moscow is considering selling off the national carrier’s…
Aeroflot privatisation put off until 2020 – but Bashneft sale still on the cards
Aeroflot privatization: Russia’s flagship national airline will not be privatized before 2020 at the earliest, the Economic…
Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr on mission to sign JV with Air China
Deutsche Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr is due to travel to Beijing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week…
Asian budget carriers join forces to set up Value Alliance
Value Alliance: Eight of Asia’s struggling budget carriers – including Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s Scoot subsidiary and Thailand’s…
Iran Air agrees $10bn Airbus deal before sanctions are even lifted
Iran has agreed to buy 114 Airbus Group SE aircraft for its state carrier Iran Air, the…
Air Astana removed from EU blacklist and privatisation programme
Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana has been cleared to operate flights in Europe next year after the…
Turkish Airlines top foreign Russian carrier as exodus picks up pace
Turkish Airlines has become Russia’s top foreign airline as its competitors continue to cut flights in the…
Malaysian government in talks to buy bankrupt Transaero
A state-owned Malaysian investment fund is in talks with the Russian Investment Agency (RIA) about the possibility of…
Aeroflot pulls out of Transaero deal
Russia’ state airline Aeroflot has decided not to go ahead with the acquisition of debt-laden Transaero after shareholders…
Moscow bans Ukrainian airlines in new sanctions spat
Moscow has pledged to ban two Ukrainian airlines from flying to or over Russia after Kiev placed a similar…
Russian airlines brace themselves for Ukraine air transit ban
Ukraine air transit ban: Ukraine’s decision to include most of Russia’s major airlines in its list of sanctioned organisations…
Aeroflot buys Transaero stake for a rouble
Aeroflot buys Transaero: Aeroflot is to buy a 75% stake in struggling private airline Transaero for one rouble,…
Astana and Beijing agree to increase Kazakh-Chinese air routes
Authorities from Beijing and Astana have agreed to expand Kazakh-Chinese air routes “significantly,” the Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan’s…
Aeroflot cuts international routes as demand for foreign holidays drops
Aeroflot cuts five international routes: With an increasing number of Russians planning to take their summer holidays…
Mexican airline Interjet orders 10 more Sukhoi Superjets
Mexico’s Interjet yesterday confirmed that it was to buy 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) aircraft in…
Aeroflot profits up as airline benefits from rouble’s weakness
Aeroflot profits grew by 18.5% last year to RUB13.1bn through a combination of an increase in passenger and income…
Inflight wifi report puts Aeroflot in 7th place – ahead of Emirates
Inflight wifi: Outside of the US, passengers flying with Aeroflot have a better chance of getting…
Boeing ready to postpone deliveries to Russia if asked
Boeing is ready to postpone deliveries of aircraft to Russia’s beleaguered airlines if it is asked,…
Ak Bars Aero hits turbulence and suspends flights
Ak Bars Aero: The devaluation of the rouble and a decline in passenger traffic has forced…
UTair bailout being considered by Russian government
UTair bailout: The Russian government is considering extending financial aid to Siberia’s troubled UTair airline, Deputy…
UTair on verge of bankruptcy as creditors circle
UTair on verge of bankruptcy: Western Siberia’s UTair was teetering on the brink of insolvency today after…