In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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.
Irkut Corp.'s MS-21 narrowbody airliner orderbook has climbed by 35 as Aviation Capital Services (ACS) converted options. ACS, a leasing company that is a subsidiary of state-owned Russian Technology Corp., will receive 18 MS-21-200s with 150 seats and 17 MS-21-300s designed to carry 180 passengers. Irkut, part of United Aircraft Corp., is expected to deliver the aircraft in 2022-25.
