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.
FlyGeorgia, a new privately owned air carrier in the Caucasus region, is preparing to begin commercial flights. It will initially operate a pair of Airbus A319s.