Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
Privately owned S7 Airlines has a chance to become Russia’s first operator of the Airbus A320neo now that the previous sole Russian customer, Transaero, has gone out of business.
